Dead Men Speaking
6 April 2012 | Hidden City Daily
With the help of the New York Times, thinking about existential doubt, preservation, and Chicago’s bold vision for its future
Posts tagged with “Infrastructure”
Dreams of Daylighting
6 June 2011
The Mexico City rivers in question are covered over by highways and choked by sewage and trash. The architects’ plan is to remove the highways, clean the water, and build parks, meadows, and trails—so desperately needed in that smothering city of 25 million. ““It’s urban surgery. It’s not acupuncture,” said the project’s lead architect, ElÍas Cattan.
Strong Currents Behind You
28 April 2011
“We are building the canal of the century, a project of such immense size that it can’t be compared to the Panama or Suez canals,” says Turkish president Recep Erdogan. “Water sports will take place on the Bosphorus, transport within the city will be established, [and Istanbul] will return to its former days.”
Ready To Go
16 December 2008 | Philly Skyline
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the group that PennDOT chief Allen Biehler chairs, says that Pennsylvania has assembled 319 projects worth a little over a billion dollars. That’s the 16th largest amount.
No Other Way
5 October 2007 | Philly Skyline
Cities, in reinventing themselves, are obliged to think for themselves, think big, and turn liabilities into assets. That takes force of political will — the payoff being growth, recognition, new fortunes.