Comments on: Motopia: A Pedestrian Paradise http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/12/motopia-a-pedestrian-paradise/ A history of the future that never was Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Jameseq http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/12/motopia-a-pedestrian-paradise/#comment-1354 Jameseq Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5383#comment-1354 I dont see how traffic on roofroads with their dangerous exhaust fumes would have been safe or worked. <b>Motopia as illustrated in 1960 by Arthur Radebaugh for ...</b> That pic reminds me of the old 'Bull Ring in Birmingham UK'. And how the reality of many of the modernist buildings in the damp and overcast conditions of Britain, was hideous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4BBakhv-9w <i>Promotional video for the old Bullring in Birmingham when first opened. Known then as The Bullring Centre, this was filmed in 1964 </i> Note that they film the Bull Ring when it was sunny ;) http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/5433188929/ <i>Bull Ring open market, St Martin's, Birmingham, 1973</i> Even in black and white, after 10 short yrs one can see the amount of decay. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llKqIC9VLtQ A clip showing the drab Bull Ring flyovers in 1981 I dont see how traffic on roofroads with their dangerous exhaust fumes would have been safe or worked.

Motopia as illustrated in 1960 by Arthur Radebaugh for …
That pic reminds me of the old ‘Bull Ring in Birmingham UK’. And how the reality of many of the modernist buildings in the damp and overcast conditions of Britain, was hideous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4BBakhv-9w
Promotional video for the old Bullring in Birmingham when first opened. Known then as The Bullring Centre, this was filmed in 1964

Note that they film the Bull Ring when it was sunny ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8050359@N07/5433188929/
Bull Ring open market, St Martin’s, Birmingham, 1973

Even in black and white, after 10 short yrs one can see the amount of decay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llKqIC9VLtQ
A clip showing the drab Bull Ring flyovers in 1981

]]> By: Mike Ryan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/12/motopia-a-pedestrian-paradise/#comment-1352 Mike Ryan Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:39:30 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5383#comment-1352 This actually did finally get built by someone else: Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. But they also included office space (and even a museum) into the design. This actually did finally get built by someone else: Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. But they also included office space (and even a museum) into the design.

]]> By: Orin http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/12/motopia-a-pedestrian-paradise/#comment-1344 Orin Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:32:50 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5383#comment-1344 People's ideas of what living in a park was like were… different. Then again, in San Franchsco in the 50s, we put a highway through our park. Go figure. People’s ideas of what living in a park was like were… different. Then again, in San Franchsco in the 50s, we put a highway through our park. Go figure.

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