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The actual article title is "The Hidden Horror ... " Having been there, financing is but one of its many horrors. NYC is great for many reasons. Having high en
by totalthrowaway 7y ago
The actual article title is "The Hidden Horror ... "
Having been there, financing is but one of its many horrors. NYC is great for many reasons. Having high end airport malls is not one of them.
- kemiller 7y agoI was in the neighborhood the weekend it opened and strolled through. Thing that struck me was that there was no seating almost anywhere. People were sitting on the floor and it felt like a weird refugee area.
- bobthepanda 7y agoThere's no seating because you're not meant to sit. A lot of public space these days is designed to be hostile for that use, so that undesirables like the homeless don't linger, but in the process it becomes hostile to everybody. A lot of public-facing plazas are meant to be ornamental or monumental and nothing more, which is quite sad.
- totalthrowaway 7y agoThere was a time when this concept was revolutionary. https://www.pps.org/article/wwhyte https://www.pps.org/article/wwhyte He literally filmed what people actually did in public spaces, and came up with great guidelines to make them enjoyable. Architects study this is school. As you say, whenever it isn't implemented, it is because they specifically chose not to, not because they don't know better.
- bobthepanda 7y agoIt's not really the architects' fault if their clients don't want free enjoyment of the space by the public.
- zachkatz 7y agoI documented this. It's pretty crazy: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvXMeLSBZ5Q/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BvXMeLSBZ5Q/
- aeriklawson 7y agoThere's hardly any public seating in New York City other in major parks.
- bobthepanda 7y agoCentral Park and Union Square have plenty of seating. So does Washington Square Park. The plazas at Herald Square and Times Square also have limited seating, but there the main limit is space.
- lnanek2 7y agoAnd the parks will give you a ticket if you sit on a bench after sunset. I've gotten them for taking a rest on the way to walking between work and my parking garage.
- djrobstep 7y agoWhat on earth? America truly is a dystopia
- AznHisoka 7y agoThere's absolutely no entertainment there whatsoever. No movie theater, no play-centers for your kids to play, no public seating... and you need a ticket to walk around the structures. What drunk architect designed this place?
- robrenaud 7y agoA free timed ticket is way better than a long line. The lack of public seating makes the place weird/uncomfortable to visit though.