I don't think people realize how completely absurd and broken Rome's modern urban development is. One of Rome's MB metro line's stops sits in the middle of one of the many pockets of wasteland left over by the city's haphazard development patterns - ThreadSky

chittimarco.bsky.social • 102 days ago

I don't think people realize how completely absurd and broken Rome's modern urban development is.

One of Rome's MB metro line's stops sits in the middle of one of the many pockets of wasteland left over by the city's haphazard development patterns

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jlmartin.bsky.social•102 days ago

One stop away from Roma Tiburtina too, super prime location, except for being on the wrong side of the tracks/highway

slucy.bsky.social•102 days ago

Same vibe

chittimarco.bsky.social•102 days ago

But at least they develop afterwards within a reasonable time. This stop was completed in 1990 and opened in 2003...

slucy.bsky.social•102 days ago

Yeah just the visual was reminiscent for me.

garyedmtours.bsky.social•102 days ago

Looks like a great opportunity to build with the metro link already there.

chittimarco.bsky.social•102 days ago

It's been there since 1990.

garyedmtours.bsky.social•102 days ago

Ouch. That is like Edmonton time periods for brownfield development.

jordigomezsuay.bsky.social•102 days ago

Around Barcelona, 20y ago, a train station station was buried and a line was diverted to have a metro stop in a new area to develop. Nice planning, but the development didn't happen and likely will never happen because it's a flood zone. https://maps.app.goo.gl/LAuQ8rBx6kafvFk36

davideerdmans.bsky.social•102 days ago

Pretty weird place, with these half-built roads, roundabouts and even a tunnel under... a patch of grass...? And only a few hundred meters from a main long distance railway station...

oleanders.bsky.social•102 days ago

So why isn't this developed into a dense urban neighborhood? Economics? Politics? Planning? Lack of coordination?

chittimarco.bsky.social•102 days ago

All of the above. And messy land ownership and development rights disputes inherited from the bas choices of the 1960-70s

mrbtx.bsky.social•102 days ago

What the hell

gruday.bsky.social•102 days ago

It looks like one of those Metro stops built in some third tier Chinese city, before urbanization kicks in. The only difference being, I guess, that centuries do not pass before the second event occurs. 😅

chittimarco.bsky.social•102 days ago

Somehow, it's a similar history: https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintiliani

publicuniversal.bsky.social•102 days ago

I'm getting "outer end of WMATA silver line" vibes

publicuniversal.bsky.social•102 days ago

oof

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