Tewder
Senior Member
Is that Haley Joel Osment sitting on that park bench?
I can't think of a nicer place to sit and watch the city's walking dead drift by.
Oh, and I don't mind how the parkette turned out. It could have been a lot worse with concrete sidewalks all over and puny little bushes instead of the stone pavers and trees, respectively.
I don't think that comparing the reality to a worse case scenario is particularly helpful in great city-building. We often don't have that much control over these things but at least we can have an unwavering attitude in favour of great public spaces.
Nine times out of ten I my comments will be postive rather than negative, since I feel bitching and complaining on an internet forum about things I have no control over is not constructive either in terms of great city-building.
To me, the function and programming are more important than the aesthetics. I am not saying aesthetics are not important, because they are, but where's the sense in gold-plating every little element if there is nothing that will attract and keep the everyday person there?
There are a lot of things we do not have control over, but we can still have our voices heard in one form or another. As I said at the beginning of this post, I don't think after-the-fact debating about these things is the most productive way to build great cities.