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I'll be staying in the Netherlands for a week in May and now thanks to all your pics I can't wait

Date: 6/29/2005 7:32:22 AM Author: GaryReggae Nice University buildings Spa! Universities seem to be one of the main types of building where large scale Brutalism can be seen. . . . Boston City Hall, USA: quote> Just thought I'd stop lurking for a few minutes to add some more brutalist, southern Ontario, Canada university brutalism (there seems to be a lot of it) with the math and computers building at the University of Waterloo. Here's a picture of the building. And another shot where there aren't grey skies. (but less of the building is shown) Looks a bit like Boston City Hall imo, but then, that's probably just the style. Nice pics/information people, and now back to lurking.

Now in Cornell, the fact that the busses run and cars are still there is what made the community fail. Right beside the development is a bus stop that takes people right on over to the mall, so the commercial areas are doing really poorly. Also, if and when Tononto's Light Rail Train/Subway system gets extended to the area the people living there can go to even bigger shopping centers, which they will because it's more convinient. I've only ever seen the one example of New Urbanism, so most of my opinions about it are based on that development. I guess the difference between Cornell and Norton is that Cornell was tacked on as if it were just another subdivision.

Date: 12/11/2004 11:53:47 PM Author:In terms of your CJ, if mixed-use buildings were a solution to urban-spawl, like the current euro thinking and how you descibe the US model used to be, does that mean that there will be no more need for urban planning?quote> Actually in many ways there would be even more need for planners than in the current system to make sure the community and neighborhoods are integrated in a way such that driving is not necessary. In the current system of sprawl, planners are barely needed at all, or rather transportation planners are needed the most. louisville327: Very good job with this CJ. I'm majoring in Planning in university (just finished my first term of it) and in one lecture we watched a movie (from '93) in which Andres Duany went over the problems with the current system of Sprawl in the US. This is especially interesting since I live close to one of Duanys developments (Cornell) so I get to see what they're trying. (And whether or not it works...) What sort of climate are we talking about with this CJ though? The palm trees may be misleading but in the winter walking is not what people want to do most... Anyway, great CJ.