1. Political impact on the landscape

2. Political Impact on the Landscape
In some places there are legal height restrictions and in others there are not.
Philadelphia: no building taller than statue of William Penn atop City Hall until 1987.

3. Height restrictions

4. Kuala Lampor – no restrictions

5. Rio de Janeiro –yes

6. Landscape grid in Idaho— shows impact of 1785 Land Ordinance

7. Political Icons on the Landscape
Mount Rushmore
A different kind of imprint of government on the political landscape
Is an expression of American nationalism
Iconography -- derives from an elite dominant group, with the purpose of legitimizing its power and control.
Sometimes new governments make enormous changes