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Ron Herron's vision within the group Archigram Walking City still remains provocative imagery for the future of our city nearly 45 years after its first publication. The walking city that Herron developed consists of intelligent buildings that can walk, grow, split, reduce, and move, and serve as objects that house people and the various functions that humans need to live such as hospitals, government offices, entertainment venues, service vehicles, etc. The walking city came out of the indeterminancy of the 1960's and the view of a city as a changing entity which could respond directly to the residents' needs. Herron decided to change this view with the indeterminancy of place, and the walking city came forth as a world capital capable of being anywhere in the world without needing to have a specific location to identify its function.

The above image showing the walking city invading New York City, with the vehicles immersed in water, becomes a particularly interesting image to examine with respect to the cities of Charleston, Genova, and Barcelona since all three of these cities are based off of ports. The idea that the walking city could extend beyond land itself and connect these cities with its retractable telescopic arms becomes a powerful testament to Herron's original ideas involving the transcendental nature of the various walking city modules.