Never done that. That might be interesting. The residents of one side would have to use the outside connections and come back in on the other side I would think.
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Never done that. That might be interesting. The residents of one side would have to use the outside connections and come back in on the other side I would think.
Shanghai.
The past to the front, the present to the right, and the future to the back.
The tattered residential buildings, the modern offices and shopping centers, and the high-tech skyscrapers, in the very same picture.
This is what I see everyday on my commute route.
The city is so divided and in the meanwhile has the divided parts miraclely mixed together.
The past to the front, the present to the right, and the future to the back.
The tattered residential buildings, the modern offices and shopping centers, and the high-tech skyscrapers, in the very same picture.
This is what I see everyday on my commute route.
The city is so divided and in the meanwhile has the divided parts miraclely mixed together.
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See Warsaw. Because river is not regulated (I think that's the only european capital with unregulated river going through) and there are only few bridges across it divides the city more than usual river does. Left, west side is classic downtown with skyscrapers and stuff, and right, east side, called Praga, is filled with low buildings and is much more green. And also poorer. The difference is most apparent on the riverbank. West side has some river boulvards and buildings right next to the river, while east side is literal forests and beaches.
Moreover, the west side was completely destroyed during the war, so all buildings are 50 year old max, while east side is filled with pre-war buildings. The rebuild Old Town is thus younger than the normal town on the other side of the river
. The differences start to fade as the time goes and further from the city center but generally western side has much better infrastructure and population density than eastern one. It's a vicious circle really, because one side has more people, it gets more infrastructure budget which makes it more attractive to live in and thus gets more people and so on...
some pictures:
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Moreover, the west side was completely destroyed during the war, so all buildings are 50 year old max, while east side is filled with pre-war buildings. The rebuild Old Town is thus younger than the normal town on the other side of the river
. The differences start to fade as the time goes and further from the city center but generally western side has much better infrastructure and population density than eastern one. It's a vicious circle really, because one side has more people, it gets more infrastructure budget which makes it more attractive to live in and thus gets more people and so on...some pictures:
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The description of Warsaw is very close to what I am thinking: Segregated by some type of landmark and the infrastructure investment is uneven. If you look at a map or imagery of American cities, you will see that urban motorways doubled as walls.
I hear South Detroit is the place to be from.
The building of this bridge in Cape Town was stopped in 1977 and here is how it still looks today. If anyone is ever in Cape Town ask people about the Foreshore Freeway bridge, due to construction suddenly stopping without any official statements, urban myths about what happened are plentiful and many people will each give a version of what happened. What happened is that money ran out and they couldn't justify finishing the construction, but the urban myths are nice and colourful.
I hear South Detroit is the place to be from.
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The building of this bridge in Cape Town was stopped in 1977 and here is how it still looks today. If anyone is ever in Cape Town ask people about the Foreshore Freeway bridge, due to construction suddenly stopping without any official statements, urban myths about what happened are plentiful and many people will each give a version of what happened. What happened is that money ran out and they couldn't justify finishing the construction, but the urban myths are nice and colourful.
Urban myths can be fun.
Why don't they put steps up to the viaducts and make them into gardens? This was done in New York City with an old railroad viaduct built by the New York Central Railroad. The viaduct handled rail traffic which was once down on the streets. The line was last used in the early 1980s and then sat there abandoned and very dangerous due to thugs and other critters living and hanging around on it. More recently, after a long debate if it should be torn down, the structure was turned into an urban bikeway and elevated park.
It would be nice if we could build something like this in Cities.
This brings to my mind the conjoined cities of Tornio and Haparanda in the border of Finland and Sweden. Apparently the two cities work very closely together regardless of the fact the border of two countries runs between them. There's even a shopping centre built on top of the border which is called 'Rajalla - på gränsen'.
Another example of that is Valga and Valka on the Estonian-Latvian border. When in Valka I accidentally walked across the border to Estonia without knowing it, wasn't until 10 minutes later I realised I was in Estonia.