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On the cycle of gentrification and degentrification in Beijing's hutongs:pic.twitter.com/hQPYYkkyB0
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"The structure of South African apartheid cities was the reverse of urban spatial structures generated by markets." Then, the public housing program meant to correct this injustice reinforced the deficient inherited spatial structure...pic.twitter.com/RJ2A1RDqLt
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Restrictive urban regulations are like hard drugs for cities: "Trying to suddenly remove their drug fix create severe side effects, because their organism is used to the drug and needs it, even as they are being destroyed by it."pic.twitter.com/02QGfrx1OR
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How are cities different from designed objects like bridges, washing machines, and phones? When a designed object becomes obsolete, it is discarded. By contrast, cities must survive, even (and especially) when tossed around by external shocks.pic.twitter.com/CVAk067oeS
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Paris regulates the altitude of buildings *from sea level* (rather than the typical building height measured from the ground floor) in order to protect the perspective view of landmarks like the Eiffel Tower!
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Replying to @devonzuegel @avibryant
In Auckland we have volcanic view shafts which are similar. http://unitaryplan.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/HTMLSept/Part%203/Chapter%20J/6%20Natural%20heritage/Chapter%20J%20-%206.3%20Volcanic%20viewshafts%20and%20height%20sensitive%20areas.htm … (We have 53 volcanoes in the city - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_volcanic_field …)
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@patrickc once told me about Vancouver's rules to preserve the sightline angles to the mountains (but I'm having trouble finding info online). This regulation seems like a worthy trade off, especially considering the street have to be laid out either waypic.twitter.com/4cCIV2cmKX
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I heard about it in a radio interview with a city counselor back in 2008. Not sure to what degree it was a “rule” vs just something they tried to preserve in planning decisions.
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