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Comment on Urban Beaches by Werbebanner

Werbebanner — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:27 +0000

Paris is the best Yaay !

Comment on Urban Beaches by Architekten Aachen

Architekten Aachen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:25:23 +0000

Thats right, the solution in Paris is fantastic, love it !

Comment on The rise and fall of the “Unité d’Habitation” – 3/7 by The Downtown Creator « Emma Mykytyn Photography

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Comment on Urban Beaches by Marco

Marco — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:20:46 +0000

The U.S. are making big efforts too: an example above all, New York’s pedestrianization of times square! In this case, what happened with traffic engineers? Did they agree with the intervention, or simply the authorities didn’t follow their advices?

Comment on Urban Beaches by Dave Reid

Dave Reid — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:15:47 +0000

I love what they do in Paris, what a fun idea. Though, an idea that I’m unfortunately sure has U.S. traffic engineers saying ‘you wannna do what?’

Comment on The rise and fall of the “Unité d’Habitation” – 7/7 by Joe

Joe — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:55:54 +0000

Beaugrenelle is soooo nice !

Comment on New BRT under construction in Rome by The major of Rome is on Flickr! « The Downtown Creator

The major of Rome is on Flickr! « The Downtown Creator — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:10:26 +0000

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Comment on retrofitting suburbia in 3 steps by Mixed-use Suburbs « The Downtown Creator

Mixed-use Suburbs « The Downtown Creator — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:32:13 +0000

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Comment on Downtown review: Morges by Des villes nouvelles dans la metropole lemanique? « La Ville Nouvelle

Des villes nouvelles dans la metropole lemanique? « La Ville Nouvelle — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:12:02 +0000

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Comment on retrofitting suburbia in 3 steps by marco

marco — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:38:45 +0000

Hi, and thanks for the feedback! My work is still in progress, so I agree that some aspects could be quite simplistic. 1) I think suburbs exist because there is a market strategy behind them. Any retrofit proposal should have its own market strategy as well. At the moment, downtown is a good product for young, single professionals: how could it become a good product for families too? 2) Many communities already exist (for example, the Couchsurfing community), and some of them are starting to create real spaces (they have a "flatsharing" group). How will this trend go on? will it expand and create entire neighborhood? 3) Till now, both public bodies and developers were stick to the "big house+ car" model, and cooperated in creating it. By now, public bodies are starting to think about walkability issues, but many developers are still stick to the suburban model. Probably, in a while somebody will try to promote walkable communities too, and things will change.