Do we build cities for cars or people?
I vote for people.
Here’s what a woonerf (livable) road really looks like:
Here’s a fabulous makeover of a roadway for pedestrians and bikes. In Stockholm? No. Berlin? No. LA? Nope. In Moscow, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-08-10/moscow-s-makeover-swaps-soviet-grit-for-urban-sparkle
And how about an inexpensive makeover of a main street as a flower garden and “farm?”
This is Revolution Square (!) in Moscow.
Here’s my version of a woonerf living streetscape:
And here’s corn growing at our home next to a pathway to our backyard with fruit trees and more nearby, all in a totally urban condition 🙂
And how about this makeover of a New York City streetscape?
Or this in Paris?
Or a few roadways in Tblisi:
How about this patio in Saint John New Brunswick; does it add anything to urban life/does it animate place? [Thanks to former student Matt Nesrallah for this image]
Of course, we could always continue with modern era planning methods that result in towns and roads that look like this:
Or this:
And results in this:
Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD, ROYAL LePAGE Performance Realty broker, Ottawa Senators founder, Real Estate Investment and Business coach 1-613-762-8884 bruce.firestone@century21.ca twitter.com/ProfBruce profbruce.tumblr.com/archive brucemfirestone.com
MAKING IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
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