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July 20, 2005
Feeders
MemeFirst on Dubai, Mike Davis on Dubai, you see it's only a matter of time before we see a Koolhaas book on Dubai, the center of some extremely interesting (distressing) building projects/environments... nice little post on Urban Cartography about grids, meandering, and the such. Its funny, sometimes, just how fucking nauseating the grid can be - especially after returning from a city like London where everyone - even lifers - carry around an A to Zed, because even the most geographically aware person doesn't know of certain Yards. What a tarnish to our much vaulted sense of achievement, to carry a map in New York, even taxis are afraid to pull out maps lest they give the impression of not knowing. How many centuries before we realize efficiency does not always produce the desired effect. Traffic engineers, as UC mentions, invented the feeder tubes of the suburbs, creating the what are you doing here mentality that exists alongside the deafening sense of isolation.
Posted by jmarston at July 20, 2005 04:27 PM