The communities we used to build versus the communities we build now.
One is walkable, sustainable, promotes community, and fosters local businesses. The other does not, or actively prohibits it.
We can go back towards building this way!
Here’s to creating magical places.
They’re formed through years of compounding various styles, local materials, small businesses/institutions, solutions to tricky problems, & letting creativity run wild. (ps, small floating rooms are instant wins)
From the @theurbanteller
They say “We can’t do that. We’re not Amsterdam.” You reply “Amsterdam wasn’t always like that either” & show before & after transformations illustrating how cities we admire made CHOICES. They try new excuses. You don’t accept them either. (1e van der Helststraat, 1978 & 2005)