tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531343.post3507280365193417758..comments2024-03-27T06:24:30.922-04:00Comments on A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books: Today's archidose #842John Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14842328320680692310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531343.post-48000992812749876862015-06-09T17:19:14.121-04:002015-06-09T17:19:14.121-04:00ok, that sounds like something that chicago could ...ok, that sounds like something that chicago could really use. Less flashy but more substantive. It will be interesting to see what impact it has on the communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531343.post-6270434728223593462015-06-09T14:48:34.430-04:002015-06-09T14:48:34.430-04:00I don't think it's supposed to be Chicago&...I don't think it's supposed to be Chicago's answer to the High Line. For one, it's a bit more remote than the High Line is, cutting through some low-scale neighborhoods rather than across a landscape dense with taller warehouses (and now condos). Second, the 606 is using federal funds that require it to be a means of non-auto transportation. So it's first a bike lane and then a pedestrian way and then a garden, the last supplement by parks that are placed like pearls along the necklace, if you will. The High Line is about strolling and getting that view of Manhattan from three stories up. The 606 is about movement and connecting open spaces in residential neighborhoods away from downtown. Much different goals in my mind.John Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842328320680692310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6531343.post-52483477248062578982015-06-09T14:23:32.159-04:002015-06-09T14:23:32.159-04:00all the pictures of this that Ive seen makes it lo...all the pictures of this that Ive seen makes it look like just a sidewalk with bare dirt next to it. If that's supposed to be Chicago's answer to the High Line.....wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com