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(Aaaand... we're back !) New Things in Middletown
tariely posted a City Journal entry in P.R. Crastina's Travels (SC4)
1. So, first, after deciding things had got to change in Middletown and its region, Mayor Arielle had herself built a new Mayor House. Not quite Mies Van Der Roe-ish, close to the very orthogonal Downdown, close to the very proper City Hall, but still, it was a clear declaration of intent : let’s get into the XXIst century, people – or at least the XXth ! 2. 3. Then she enticed IKEA to open a store downtown : 4. At that time, the whole eastern part of the city was still fields and woodlands. As many new people were coming to Middletown, Arielle B. rezoned it residential and commercial. But most of all, she asked the city planners to let go of the grid. Until then, the town had grown according to the good old orthogonal Vulgate, especially south of the tracks. 5. 6. 7. But it HAD to change in the new north and west parts of town. 8. A plaza illustrating the modern, curvy Mildletown was built in the middle of the first new neighbourhood, and was named of course after the daring Mayor : Arielle Plaza. 9. Arielle B. had not expected her citizens’ resistance to the Ungridding of Middletown. Despite the new roads and streets, they obdurately kept on orthobuilding for a while. 10. There were definitely mixed results. 11. At first the resistance was fierce, albeit polite. Then, little by little, it slowly faded. Tax inducements helped, and the fact that the older griddy rich migrated away from the new neighbourhoods. The new citizens were not very wealthy, but they were young and more enthusiastic about modern living. 12. 13. 14. 15. The great Ungridding battle is over now, Arielle B. has mostly won (the neighbourhood towns are going antigrid big time) and Middletown has settled back into its normal life. Quiet neighbourhoods… 16. Quiet fields (this last untouched one will likely be transformed into a bona fide park, at some point)… 17. Quiet shopping sprees in big and small markets… 18. 19. 20. And, for the daring, some excitement brought from the Outside World by the truckers for whom Middletown is a welcome stop. The Rocking Truckers Motel’s bar-restaurant transmogrifies into a disco with live bands on weeks-ends and holidays ; the local band, The Midnight Ramblers, are all ex-choir boys and began in the St-Felicity Church basement. Now, that’s modernity for you ! 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. And Arielle is happy !- 6 Comments
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