One of the most important model city-building projects in the world.
“Initially, everyone thought it would cause gridlock. But people adapted. Now we can’t imagine the highway ever being here.”
The fantastic people-place that replaced an elevated highway, transforming a city & improving traffic.
“Initially, everyone thought it would cause gridlock. But people adapted. Now we can’t imagine the highway ever being here.”
The fantastic people-place that replaced an elevated highway, transforming a city & improving traffic.
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Amazing what getting rid of a highway will do.
Didn’t Utrecht do something similar on a smaller scale with great success?
#carsKill #endCarEra
Unfortunately many more were filled in and built over, so there is no realistic way to daylight them.
This article (my favourite Winnipeg article ever) shows what we could have had:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/creeks-streams-winnipeg-history-1.4641823
For those who know Winnipeg: Bunn's Creek, Sturgeon Creek, and Bois-des-Esprits show what we could have had.
The early to mid-20th c. has a lot to answer for all over the world.
My daughter really, really loved Seoullo 7017, the garden bridge. We must have walked back and forth at least a dozen times, each time she would jump on the trampoline.
Seoul is way ahead of many cities in this.
It has transformed the city.