Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1545081
a sort of simplified graphic version of real life for those with impaired cognitive ability. Almost all the working features in the town square are replicated in a sort of Playskool version in the safe, soothing environment of The Manor, as it's called. It's a mirror version of the rest of the design. The same visual hallmarks are present…the closed circles, the Americana, the wide-open sky… but in an even more easily digested form for the residents. It also has the set that has no windows or easy egress, begging the question of whether it's a care facility or a prison, which further asks the question of whether The Boroughs itself is a care facility or a prison. To further twist the Möbius strip, The Manor, our most manufactured set, was actually partially built in a real location. We altered a disused Ramada Inn that was in the process of being repurposed for needed housing in Albuquerque. To bring this ubiquitous 2000s roadside hotel into our world of The Boroughs, A. & B. THE MANOR INTERIOR, RESIDENTIAL HALLWAY AND "PARK" SPACE. SET PHOTOS. C. & D. THE MANOR INTERIOR, CENTRAL COURTYARD AND TOWN SQUARE. SET PHOTOS. E. THE MANOR INTERIOR, "PARK" SPACE AND RESIDENTS ART SPACE. SET PHOTO. F. THE BOROUGHS FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, INCLUDING THIS ELI DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY OWNER BLAINE SHAW. SET PHOTO. G. VINTAGE GOLF CART FOUND IN THE CORPORATE HQ LOBBY DISPLAY, SHOWING THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE HISTORIC USE OF GOLF CARTS. SET PHOTO. H. THE BOROUGHS FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES INCLUDED THIS GEM SHUTTLE. SET PHOTO A B C D E