Usually artist’s renderings of the future are abnormally happy, artificial, perfect little worlds. The In Towner, some DC neighborhood rag, has renderings that are also happy and artificial but fortunately not quite perfect:
This one I like because, while the happy people and 2-D school bus fit my idea of an artist’s rendering, the still-missing letters on the Marie Reed Community Center do not. Very realistic. Very cool.
This one’s a bit more subtle (makes me excited for the next In Towner – what will they hide next?!). Pylons and related municipal junk are ever-present, regardless of whether or not there’s construction going on. I love that it’ll be there in the future too.
