tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4290696618987430462..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Garden bridge over the ThamesHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11314818770064583062014-02-25T16:54:44.442+11:002014-02-25T16:54:44.442+11:00Ann
I too work in a concrete jungle and get despe...Ann<br /><br />I too work in a concrete jungle and get desperate for the sight of a park, river, port, beach or field. Yes yes yes! Plants in the sky is a rather radical response, but I understand it absolutely.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-33023213595073086472014-02-24T22:36:08.967+11:002014-02-24T22:36:08.967+11:00Hels you are right. London in January is minus 6 d...Hels you are right. London in January is minus 6 degrees Centigrade and ears turn blue, and it is dark at 1PM, New York city in January has layers of litter frozen into snow with footways cut through that feel like one is walking through an aspic terrine.<br /><br />Peopl want plants in the sky. Search "Coutts Skyline Garden" and see 5-star chefs harvest everything they need for the restaurant and executive dining room.<br />Also search (London rooftop vegetables) and see all the other massive plantings in the sky.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3379280667770567252014-02-22T23:39:30.748+11:002014-02-22T23:39:30.748+11:00David,
I would never visit the northern hemispher...David,<br /><br />I would never visit the northern hemisphere in their winter, unless it was a desperate emergency (eg a niece's wedding). That said, High Line is very impressive, isn't it?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-40009166325956147732014-02-22T23:36:49.731+11:002014-02-22T23:36:49.731+11:00Joseph,
I had never heard of the trend towards hi...Joseph,<br /><br />I had never heard of the trend towards high viaducts being converted to garden oases in big cities, until visiting High Line in New York. Now a number of similar projects are being mooted.<br /><br />Thank you for the reference to Philadelphia. If I can find a photo, I would love to add it to the post.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27638750863607113572014-02-22T23:32:41.823+11:002014-02-22T23:32:41.823+11:00Parnassus
The project has been very carefully des...Parnassus<br /><br />The project has been very carefully designed and won't spin off any nightnarish developments in the future. But your question about the _necessity_ of the Garden Bridge is a good one.<br /><br />I am reading lots of letters to newspaper editors and they seemed to be equally divided between positive and negative responses.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-16330710734578217642014-02-22T23:26:17.897+11:002014-02-22T23:26:17.897+11:00Jane and Lance
I don't think the Garden Bridg...Jane and Lance<br /><br />I don't think the Garden Bridge ever, in its designers' wildest dreams, hoped to regenerate disasvantaged parts of London. I doubt that it will even provide serious infrastructure between the two banks of the river.<br /><br />So the question has to be "is that amount of public money worth spending on a) bringing thousands of extra tourists into the city and b) giving city workers fresh greenery and stunning views?"Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65901089152263497172014-02-22T21:03:42.124+11:002014-02-22T21:03:42.124+11:00That would be amazing. I was on the High Line in ...That would be amazing. I was on the High Line in January. Not the best time to visit a garden but it was still an oasis running through the craziness of New York. I can only imagine how beautiful it is in Spring, Summer and Autumn.David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62119681283118336262014-02-22T17:13:14.043+11:002014-02-22T17:13:14.043+11:00The trend is catching on. Look at Philadelphia.
R...The trend is catching on. Look at Philadelphia.<br /><br />Re the Reading Viaduct Elevated Park project, the City District has commissioned a design study for what could be the first phase of the elevated park on a viaduct. The first section of the Viaduct is not long, but the designs are nothing less than transformative. The park designs include a bunch of amenities like new trees and plantings, an outdoor classroom, seating, swings and more.<br />Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48399959284119189412014-02-22T06:42:37.870+11:002014-02-22T06:42:37.870+11:00Hello Hels, While I can see interesting possibil...Hello Hels, While I can see interesting possibilities in this surrealish park plan, I wonder how necessary it really is. Perhaps creating new land by building over the Thames, which this plan essentially does, will set a bad precedent for all kinds of nightmarish developments in the future. This is one project that I would not rush to go ahead with.<br />Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-44370111693236487512014-02-22T06:12:51.178+11:002014-02-22T06:12:51.178+11:00Hello:
At the risk of swimming against the tide [a...Hello:<br />At the risk of swimming against the tide [and no pun is intended] we rather think that this particular use of, in all probability, public money is somewhat misdirected. The comparisons which you make, or lack of them, with New York rather support this we feel. Furthermore, vast tracts of London remain in urgent need of regeneration which, if carried out, might conceivably improve the living conditions of those who are possibly more disadvantaged than those who will enjoy lunchtime sandwiches on the new bridge.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com