If Terror Succeeds

What kind of America will unfold if terrorist acts continue unabated here and abroad?  Media reporting and government warnings indicate that terrorist use of explosives and biological weapons are a 100% inevitability now and for some time to come.  In response to this continued threat what changes might we expect in our lives: how will the citizens of this country live, work, play, travel, shop and worship in the troubled times to come?  A new generation will live in fear.  As a result, a new economy and all aspects of human life, including architecture, must rise to meet the challenge of this new world consciousness.  How will we relate to each other, to community, to cities – and what will be built in response?

 Assuming that terrorist organizations will target the largest aggregations of people per incident, it follows that strategic locations, symbolic buildings, important landmarks, all places of congregation and certain building types will be deemed “high risk.”  And if all these areas (see below) are psychologically “off limits,” where will Americans go?