Re:Bijlmer: City of the Future, Part 1
by Cthulhu_ on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:21AM
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It's such a shame this seems to be part one of a multipart article, it's really well written. I think part 2 will have more about what you mentioned, including the crash.
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Re:Bijlmer: City of the Future, Part 1
by jacquesm on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:25AM
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The most interesting part to me about the crash is that it embodies everything that's wrong with planning things on a large scale. The plan reflected the utopian view of the original architect, rather than the real life needs of the people that ended up living there. As one of our town council members put it 'Nobody ever tried to make a whole city happy with endless space to fish and walk'.
Re:Bijlmer: City of the Future, Part 1
by yvoschaap on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:33AM
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Actually "Plan Zuid" comes pretty close imho, even 100 years later a great area to life.
* https://www.heerevanderschaar.amsterdam/bouwondernemer/plan-...
Re:Bijlmer: City of the Future, Part 1
by jacquesm on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:37AM
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But fortunately for what is now 'nieuw zuid' but actually pretty old it always was an integral part of the city. Bijlmer started out geographically isolated without anything else to do there but sleep.
Incidentally I grew up in 'de pijp' which is right next door to mr. Berlage's creations so I know the area like my back pocket and went to school there for years.