The Villa Project in Glen Cove is only the most recent example of what happens to a city without a solid, long-range urban planning vision. For anyone seriously interested in, and concerned about the city of Glen Cove, present and future, I recommend you look at the link, below, about the city of Buffalo. It is clear and informative about what good urban design looks like and can do for a city. There is no reason why Glen Cove, too, cannot envision and implement its own renaissance as a well-designed waterfront city. All it takes is imagination, will and courage on the part of its leaders and its residents. BUFFALO’S URBAN PLANNING VISION: World class urban design that todays generation is rediscovering and restoring. • Recognizes the city’s tie to the waterfront and seeks to redefine the city’s relationship to it by making it accessible, ecologically sound and in service of water-dependent uses. • Envisions downtown as a place where residents of the city and the surrounding region choose to live, work and play. It calls for a strong urban core as a regional center for culture and entertainment, heritage, education, health care and life sciences research, commerce and residences. BUFFALO: AMERICAS BEST-DESIGNED CITY: • Frederick Law Olmsted called Buffalo the best-planned city in America, even before he designed its park system. • Buffalo’s design: a grid overlaid by a radial street system – gives access from every direction. • A city surrounded by water and developed around water. • Instead of putting a park in the city, Olmstead put the city in a park system that covers every corner of the city. BUFFALO’S LONG-RANGE PLAN: - Remove highways that a) cut through the city and b) cut Buffalo off from its waterfront - Restore Buffalo’s streetcar system - Save and restore old buildings - Restore Olmsted’s park system - Create walkable, bikeable urban neighborhoods - Add 10 miles of bicycle ways a year BUFFALO’S GREATEST MISTAKE—called the “mother of all mistakes”: Building highways that cut through the city and cut it off from waterfront in the1950s. Here’s a terrific video about Buffalo’s “renaissance”: https://youtube/watch?v=sBsi5FGbY2Y
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:16:30 +0000
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