NaviMumbai

Could someone make super-elevated highways or monorail...like the one you see on the cover of Rush Hour ( The elevated highway becomes as elevated as a mid-rise....it would look rather futuristic. Be sure to make ramps for those super-elevated highways...

I believe that one of the major causes of urban decay is mass suburbanization. However, Paris is one of the cities that has reversed the process. Inner cities have interesting architecture, and lots of cultural life, contrasting with the bland suburbs. I hope my generation dislikes the bland life in the suburbs and moves back to the inner cities. One of the ways the government can intervene is by a process called gentrification. Gentrification, coined by a British sociologist in the 1960's referred to making some decayed areas in London attractive to the gentry, or the rich class. Many municipal governments have tried many attempts to gentrify central cities, by projects such as cleaning up, and repainting buildings, and by cleaning graffitti. I would most like to credit New York's mayor, Rudy Julliani, who declared war against graffitti. Detroit is also taking steps to liven up its neighborhoods. General Motors has decided to place a plant back in the central city, moving from its suburban location. I hope Detroit will return. However, gentrification has a negative side, and is often considered a swear word (explicitive) among the working-class families in the USA. In a capitalistic, supply and demand economy, the gentrification of a working-class neighborhood makes the neighborhood more attractive to the wealthy and upper-middle class, thus the demand for homes in that neighborhood increases, and the supply of housing stock remains the same. This causes the property taxes on the house, and the value of the house to increase. And, the working-class residents can not afford the rent, thus they get evicted. As for me, I am for gentrification of American inner-cities. Suburbs are simply too bland for me. Also, I hope this phenomenon does not happen in Indian cities. It probably will in a few decades, when the brand new urban hi rises and mid rises become old. The first step in the process has already begun: The construction of 6-lane highways connecting major urban areas. Also, strict zoning laws can also help, because the proliferation of suburbs causes more forests to be cut, more farmland to be converted, and more smog to be emitted into the atmosphere.

This is strange....New Delhi has ample space to spread out. A tower like this should be built in Mumbai(Bombay), India, where it won't seem so out of place. Mumbai has plenty of skyscrapers 30-50 stories tall, with scores more being planned. A majority of them have affiliation to Hafeez Contractors. Also, there is little change New Delhi's government will allow a skyscraper that tall...considering that the building cap is set at around 20 stories...(I may be wrong, the ordiance may have been repealed). Also, The reason this will not be built in the central city: Indian cities are laid out differently than Western Cities. The city centre is often old, and historical, and most commercial development is in affluent suburbs. Indian suburbs are not like typical American Suburbs, Indian suburbs have high densities too. Here is a pic of Mumbai's skyline...The Noida Tower would not look out of place there. width=108> width=138> http://img117.exs.cx/img117/5718/mum_skyl_03.jpg width=778> As for the ugly design, this is India. What may be considered ugly in the west may seem en vogue here, considering there are discrepancies in architecture.

I wish someone could make Mumbai's Grand Central Station ( known as Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus) This is a 1905 painting of it. The Building is a identical on the other two sides that can not be seen. The 1905 painting is the best view of the station I found, so please make a BAT similar to that.