[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=spdrun]So the logical extension of your idea is to replace parts of San Diego with Kowloon walled cities? 🙂
I see no problem with encouraging Eastern-type “sprawl” where you have smaller individual houses (not McHouses) on a true network of streets, often with businesses and business centers mixed in. It’s the network aspect, as opposed to having only a few entrances from major roads, that does wonders for walkability and biking.[/quote]
Funny you should mention Kowloon. Hong kong is now one in the richest cities, most exiting world class cities, notwithsanding the history. I remember reading about the walled city in NYTimes. Similar history in NY and Chicago and Paris at different times.
Planning a city is about bold vision, not about protecting the quiet lives of some residents who don’t want change.[/quote]
Are you saying that Chicago was a walled city . . .? Only Fort Dearborn, perhaps at one time, and at that time it certainly wasn’t world class – just an outpost in a swamp. NY had a wall where Wall St. is, and by some accounts it was intended as a defense against the native americans. And, by the way, planning a city is NOT about bold vision. It is about being meticulous, reasonable and practical and the peaceful lives of the residents is an enormous factor (have you seen the movie “Up”?). Zandra Rhodes, who i love, is a designer with bold vision (and pink hair) – not an urban planner.
