Posted Dec 20, 2006, 5:18 PM
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^ the zoom in feature of that map makes a world of difference in seeing what the "building blocks" of this city could have been. i find it really hard to believe the people who are arguing that the freeways themselves bring all this wonderful development to our city. have you all ever been to more dense cities that are full of development as well??? i feel like these perspectivies are very atlanta centric when all of the understanding of urban environments revolves around getting place to place the fastest by AUTOMOBILE.
highways do bring development. this is true and you can see it when a new highway is laced into less a developed area. however, when a highway tears through already existing urban fabric, i would argue that a negative effect would primarily would be felt. the reason why most of our downtowns in america experienced a decline in the 60s and 70s would because of these seas of asphalt. the freeways served as a way for people to escape rather than develop.
highways do have a place in this world; not just in our downtowns.
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