Almost every time I catch a bus the thing that strikes me (other than the almost always lateness of Wellington buses), is how inadequate bus stops are in their design for shelter. It seems that I’m not the only one thinking this way …. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Eye of the Fish’
On Fish, bridges, Boris, Jonathan, and pack-donkeys
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Maximus may have been all fish-out-of-water proposing an inhabited viaduct over Wellington’s the Basin Reserve over at Eye of the Fish, but it seems that somebody is reading that blog over in our good old Mother Country… Boris Johnson, Lord Mayor of London no less… (more…)
Rongotai Revived – a fisheyed view…
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
I have come to this a little late, as it has already been the subject of about 30 or so comments over on Eye of the Fish, and I did think that perhaps I wouldn’t bother posting anything on it given the stirling job they usually do over there.
Then I read the post.
Disappointingly, it is knee-jerk culturally-elitist pompous rubbish that alienates the people who are going to be affected by the Rongotai Revived (RR) proposal, and does the cause of good urban design (and more generally, thoughtful socialism), no amount of good in the process. Looking down your nose at the culture of others is called all sorts of terrible things if the cultures are of another creed/race/sexual orientation/etc – so why is it ok to diss the activities of the majority of the lower and middle classes with so much blathering arrogance?? (more…)
Learning from Christchurch – or not.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011Cr Andy Foster’s comment over on EyeoftheFish regarding issues of eq preparedness in Wellington highlight, for me at least, something of the difficulties of this particular discussion (more…)
Tags:Andy Foster, Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, Christchurch heritage, Courtenay Place, Eye of the Fish, Heritage, Image of the City, Kevin Lynch, Lambton Quay, Newtown, sense of place, Throndon
Posted in Comment, urban design | 2 Comments »