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The "model city of 1960"* is not humans friendly. Looks like a parking lot for sky scrapers. * https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMmp66CqNKY/WYKgglZbyZI/AAAAAAAANqs/B
by sorokod 7y ago
The "model city of 1960"* is not humans friendly. Looks like a parking lot for sky scrapers.
* https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMmp66CqNKY/WYKgglZbyZI/AAAAAAAANqs/BxjyDBrMv-El9a67iGbvFrKjFWpvvnS0wCLcBGAs/s1600/1939_New_York_World_Fair%2B%252821%2529.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMmp66CqNKY/WYKgglZbyZI/AAAAAAAAN...
- Retric 7y agoThat model is actually made by Ford so it’s kind of car centric. However, it is also also more 3D than that picture makes it look like. It has plenty of raised walkways to get around and roads below them. This picture is just absolutely dominated by that freeway. Here is a slightly different angle: https://placesjournal.org/article/indexing-the-world-of-tomorrow-1939-worlds-fair/?cn-reloaded=1 https://placesjournal.org/article/indexing-the-world-of-tomo...
- sorokod 7y agoI guess you mean this: https://placesjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mattern-05-worlds-fair.jpg https://placesjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mattern... still not clear to me how one gets from one building to another without a car.
- Retric 7y agoRaised walkways, you can see lots of little dots in the model which are supposed to be people. Here is the same design at larger scale: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_(New_York_World%27s_Fair)#/media/File%3AStreet_intersection_Futurama.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_(New_York_World%27s... Also my bad it was GM not Ford.
- userbinator 7y agoThis is the specific picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Street_intersection_Futurama.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Street_i... That actually looks quite safe. Pedestrians don't have to look out for cars, and vice-versa.