tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891432348410990389.post7267869940176343462..comments2023-12-31T04:53:51.771-08:00Comments on A Downtown ontheRange: It's baaaaaack...NRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590061590788951151noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891432348410990389.post-82537606013487937142010-02-25T23:03:34.536-08:002010-02-25T23:03:34.536-08:00Thanks Herbivore. You always have great feedback.
...Thanks Herbivore. You always have great feedback.<br /><br />The #1 thing I would want someone to come away with after reading is that the building forms that line a corridor are beyond vital to creating urban life. With a properly sized grid and defined space you'd be amazed at how a city naturally develops. Take those organic elements away and it all goes to crap.NRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590061590788951151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891432348410990389.post-47427006300600072542010-02-18T07:20:36.986-08:002010-02-18T07:20:36.986-08:00nicely done again. the thing that seems most frigh...nicely done again. the thing that seems most frightening is the block-superblock creation. it simply isnt human scale, it is still built for cars/conventions. and then on the 80% of the time when convention crowds arent there, who will be using that space? locals-who want more day to day services than a few high end restaurants. <br /><br />also great was the look into high-rise corridors. one can stand at Robinson and Park and feel well-hemmed by street life, and then go one block in any direction and it's gone. <br /><br />but the block sizing is such a key element in developing real street life-all these mega-blocks are going to continue to stymie that.OKC Herbivorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825769325953456222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891432348410990389.post-14495488110961283452010-02-18T01:30:48.298-08:002010-02-18T01:30:48.298-08:00The Houston park is, interestingly enough, borderi...The Houston park is, interestingly enough, bordering a convention center on one side. A very underutilized side where space is poorly defined..<br /><br />The opposite side where the city meets the park, there has been a TON of high-rise development spurred.NRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590061590788951151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891432348410990389.post-70608673693335487872010-02-17T21:16:12.461-08:002010-02-17T21:16:12.461-08:00Excellent Post! It seems OKC continues to take tw...Excellent Post! It seems OKC continues to take two steps forward and one step back. They use the Houston example for a park next to a convention center as their goal. They don't see parks with history like Central Park as as a great example for a park and a NYC as a city that developed organically with housing surrounding the park.<br /><br />CurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com