[sustran] [World Streets] Honk! A new Paris? Hang on

[ericbritton]

[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/arts/design/17paris.html?_r=1&emc=eta1]
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thought this might be a rotten way for you to start your day. Just to
let you know that all the dinosaurs are not dead. This chilling Brave
New World illustration from an article in today's New York Times. Click
here to check it out.

The news is not quite as bad as that, this being one of the more
outrageous images resulting from an architectural completion
commissioned by the government last summer, looking for ideas for Le
Grand Paris (the greater Paris region which as yet has no legal entity,
but which is marked by very large economic and life quality differences
depending on where you live. They selected ten mainly well known
architectural firms to have a go. For more you can Google "Le Grand
Paris" Perhaps someone might tell me how much do architects actually
know and or think about the complex ins and outs of sustainable
transportation. A lot?


Eric Britton
Source and fair use:

This article originally appeared in the New York Times of 16 March
2009, by their reporter Nicolai Ouroussoff. You can view their original
article here.
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Posted By ericbritton to World Streets at 3/18/2009 07:56:00 AM
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