"As to history, I am not an historian."

That should be what Andrés Duany is saying.

Instead he is comical:

In the 1950s, planners were still considered so trustworthy that when they had that towers-in-the-park idea, they could flick their hand and get an entire neighborhood demolished.

via www.architectmagazine.com

Rubbish; Duany should be embarrassed. "The planners" did nothing and were merely the front-men for coaltion of real estate, labor and political interests. If that is Duany's knowledge of history then he is doomed to repeat it.