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Thought it'd be interesting to get a visual collection of what everybody considered to be poor city/urban planning. I can think of a few spots here but I'll have to take my camera out soon to post some.
The Inner Loop, Rochester NY. It is not only a noose isolating downtown, but it is not needed. You can drive the entire thing and see about 10 cars the entire way.
Tappan Zee Bridge, Nyack, NY to Tarrytown, NY. Let's build a bridge at the widest point of the Hudson instead of a few miles north or south where the river is much narrower.
Unfortunately you can only fix a mistake like this once in 4 generations, and New York State is replacing the bridge right now and making the exact same mistake...
Pruitt-Igoe, St. Louis, MO. Let's concentrate all the problems of poverty into one 57-acre tract. A mistake repeated over and over in virtually every US city.
The Inner Loop, Rochester NY. It is not only a noose isolating downtown, but it is not needed. You can drive the entire thing and see about 10 cars the entire way.
I would argue that loop roads in general are failures. I don't understand the need/desire for them.
Look up Spring Hill TN on street view ... A little town turned into a giant strip mall with ticky tacky houses everywhere. This is due to an admitted lack of interest in the city's growth.
Tappan Zee Bridge, Nyack, NY to Tarrytown, NY. Let's build a bridge at the widest point of the Hudson instead of a few miles north or south where the river is much narrower.
Unfortunately you can only fix a mistake like this once in 4 generations, and New York State is replacing the bridge right now and making the exact same mistake...
Isnt there limitation based on the more extreme height elevations to the north and south (on both sides) of the Tapanzee, from that perspective the location makes perfect sense
In many ways I think the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia is not a success overall. Whole neighborhoods were displaced and it now seperates continuity of the neighborhood flow from Center City
Isnt there limitation based on the more extreme height elevations to the north and south (on both sides) of the Tapanzee, from that perspective the location makes perfect sense
Yes, it was chosen that way on purpose. The extra width makes the water shallower, so they don't have to bother with a suspension bridge.
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