A new documentary is screening in the USA – director Chad Freidrichs challenges the convenient and oversimplified assessment in his documentary The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, opening in limited release (USA) on January 20:

“Nearly 40 years after its destruction, the people interviewed for the film continue to wrestle with Pruitt-Igoe’s legacy and its place in their lives. They love it and hate it, but don’t resent it. Despite the piles of trash, mountains of drugs, and preponderance of crime, this was their home. For some, it was their first proper dwelling. They cared deeply about Pruitt-Igoe and still do, even in its current form—a largely overgrown lot roved by feral dogs. Pruitt-Igoe is fundamentally a part of them, and by sharing their memories they obliterate the part of the myth that says it was undone by its people.”

then all you need do is modify the councils mobile parking camera car to photograph J-walkers and then it could send infringement fines via post.

Hence when I see the way people cross Willis / Lambton quay – its just a sign of the times of how NZ has changed. People especially under mid 30′s seem to expect to do their own thing and are not considerate of anyone else and the expect others such as driver or nanny state to lookout for them.

It was interesting last year the Dom Post published a picture of pedestrian accident sites. they were concentrated around intersections rather than in the middle of roads. what this means I am not sure.

Architects in Christchurch and around New Zealand, both young and old, are hugely saddened by the destruction of the city, and at the loss of their buildings, and of the buildings designed and built in preceding eras that we will never be able to replace.

I dare say that the architects of Christchurch would not look upon the tremendous damage and loss of life in that city of late as a series of personal affronts.

http://www.cardcow.com/307217/centre-point-shopping-masterton-australia-nz-south-pacific/