downtown taliesin

the thriving center of taliesin, downtown is a green-carpeted medley of highrise / rococo: of pink and baby-blue façades, glass-fronted structures with complex detailing in gold filigree, highrises wrapped in preternaturally lively swathes of jasmine. taliesin university sits at the far western edge, adjoining the river. to the north stands the millennium promise: a monument built at the turn of the century to celebrate fifty years of aos si and human "co-existence"; the top floor is a casino. luxury cars roll over moss that spills onto the tarmac and around lunch time the sidewalks are dark with suit-types.