The digital model, the work of over 100 people in a 5 year project compares well to contemporary photos and paintings of the city. It must have been a wonderful city to live in.pic.twitter.com/xBIPK6KWvL
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There is a wide variety of business, homes, neighborhoods, buildings, representing all eras of the city. By conforming to natural limitations in terms of building techniques and materials the city achieves the harmony that no book of codes in any modern city could ever enforce.pic.twitter.com/gH62cf7FZ2
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The skyline (here in an impossible high view but the point remains) is dominated by the buildings that define the civic aspirations of the community: faith (churches), order (courts), beauty (trees are encouraged to grow above the roofline whenever possible).pic.twitter.com/3v4I6j6VvL
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To say that we can not build like this again is a lie. In the case of Geneva, as in many town and cities around the world, we even have the blue prints for almost all major buildings. Some cities even have complete records from the 18th century onwards. From prisons to hospitals.pic.twitter.com/bHLeNkfxQA
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Geneva in the 1850s was perfectly human scaled. You could walk from East gate to West gate in about 30 minutes. There was no need for costly transit systems, carriages or horses. Nor was there any need to sacrifice urban space for parks: nature was never more than 15 mins. away!pic.twitter.com/iaJKDRBDnI
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Replying to @wrathofgnon
Transit systems are not necessarily bad though. I rode the tram up and down a couple of times in Budapest just for fun (the landscape is beautiful along some routes). That way nature is still 30 mins away. It's only subways which always suck.
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Replying to @gsvigruha @wrathofgnon
Can't find a better one at the moment but still.pic.twitter.com/3gEeY289OB
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Replying to @gsvigruha @wrathofgnon
Come to Dallas and I'll show you how wonderful subways are.
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @wrathofgnon
I mean they work reasonably well in many places. New York MTA is a whole other level of crap. It's just not as nice of an everyday experience as walking or taking trams.
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Replying to @gsvigruha @wrathofgnon
I do want to go to Dallas for BBQ though :)
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Replying to @gsvigruha @wrathofgnon
I hope you visit at some point. BBQ and more.
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