Gillette’s Metropolis

[Henrik]

Anyone that would have wanted to move in..here..? Any die hard fans out there?



Gillette’s Metropolis




Before his name was inextricably connected to safety razors, King Camp Gillette had a utopian vision for the future which revolved around a waterfall-powered tiered city he dubbed ‘Metropolis’. All residents of this imagined city would have access to the same amenities including rooftop gardens in the perfectly round, precisely divided multi-functional buildings in which they would live, work, play and eat. Like many of Gillette’s ideas, the design never went anywhere, but it’s notably similar to many very modern 21st-century concepts for sustainable urban centers.

[Sledgehammer39]

Man that looks awesome!

[ironfist]

Mr Gates, please build and let me live there :D, also buy all old gillette buildings and start production on safety razors! :D

[alex2363]

Donald Trump would have probably built this if Gillette went forward with it.

[turbo tom]

Not for me. As a matter of fact, every thing I've read about King Camp Gillette (including his business ideas) tell me we would not get on well.

He did start a company that made damn fine products for 60 or so years, though.

[Krona Kruiser]

That would have been quite the "utopia." King Camp was all about having a "disposables" culture and I bet we would have moved beyond the DE and used cheap plastic razors......Wait..........