How to Design a Vibrant City
NOT:
The above is a picture of Astana, Kazakhstan's new, rationalistically designed capital city. Just look at the life pouring across that central square!
(Hat-tip to Peter Hitchens.)
(Hat-tip to Peter Hitchens.)
I like the sense of spaciousness, but that's about all the scene has going for it.
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PPSH, "spaciousness" is a lovely thing to have at your country estate, but an awful thing in a city: see Jane Jacobs on this point.
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