Modern architecture and urban planning, especially in the US, really has failed, and defending the ugly, unsustainable, car-dependent human-deserted urban hells it has produced in the name of progressivism is really, really strange.
Examples of architecture and urban planning that actually aligns much better with progressivism would be the Netherlands and other places in Europe that have banned cars and appreciate the value of quiet, walkable neighbourhoods that are at a human scale, conducive to public life and align with and satisfy the aesthetic tastes of the public.
Of course, architects and urban planners really, really hate that last part. They still suffer from megalomaniacal delusions like those of Le Corbusier. They want to make statements, and if that means torturing the public so be it. (they're totally progressives though!)
Meanwhile, most people just want to exist in spaces that aren't hostile to human life and joy.
Examples of architecture and urban planning that actually aligns much better with progressivism would be the Netherlands and other places in Europe that have banned cars and appreciate the value of quiet, walkable neighbourhoods that are at a human scale, conducive to public life and align with and satisfy the aesthetic tastes of the public.
Of course, architects and urban planners really, really hate that last part. They still suffer from megalomaniacal delusions like those of Le Corbusier. They want to make statements, and if that means torturing the public so be it. (they're totally progressives though!)
Meanwhile, most people just want to exist in spaces that aren't hostile to human life and joy.