Re:How shortsighted neighborhood activism fuels SF's housing...
by Arnt on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:40AM
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... which reminds me about a story of a suburb in the seventies.
When Grorud (IIRC) in Oslo was built, the planners wanted tall buildings for density. An architect whose name momentarily escapes me came up with a counterproposal, namely copying the houses you see here (the most popular in the country at the time), and adding three large parks. http://www.agderposten.no/polopoly_fs/1.1060255.1397321665!/...
The counterproposal had the same density, despite the three additional parks. Guess what was built though.
When Grorud (IIRC) in Oslo was built, the planners wanted tall buildings for density. An architect whose name momentarily escapes me came up with a counterproposal, namely copying the houses you see here (the most popular in the country at the time), and adding three large parks. http://www.agderposten.no/polopoly_fs/1.1060255.1397321665!/...
The counterproposal had the same density, despite the three additional parks. Guess what was built though.