Lauren GilgerThe design for the Soleri Bridge and Plaza on the Scottsdale Waterfront, overlooking the spot where it will be built.It is a testament to his dedication and personal grandeur that Paolo Soleri isn't running around today telling the world, "I told you so."
It was, after all, nearly 40 years ago that the Italian architect began construction on Arcosanti, his alternative, experimental community near Cordes Junction in the middle of the desert north of Phoenix, introducing to a skeptic