The peoples republicThey already have Camberville for a nickname, no need to rethink that one.
The peoples republicThey already have Camberville for a nickname, no need to rethink that one.
The mods are asleep, post your worst shitAnd this discussion has what to do with One Congress?
Well at least it’s not like back in the 90s when it was Slummerville.How about Cambry and Sommry (Cambridge and Sommerville}?![]()
Back in the 1960s people called it that. It's definitely not that anymore.Well at least it’s not like back in the 90s when it was Slummerville.
It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.Imagine this instead. So similar, but taller and slimmer. This one’s a real triumph.
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Pelli Clarke & Partners erects Mexico City's tallest skyscraper
US architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mitikah skyscraper, which is now the tallest in Mexico City.www.dezeen.com
I don't mean to take this thread too far off topic, but your post just enabled me to make a mental connection... I'd add Chile to your list of hungry/aspiring countries, and in visiting there a few years ago, was taken by what I thought was a very tastefully done new supertall in the capital, Santiago...It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.
You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.
You raise a reasonable critique of Charlie's list, but I also think there are examples abound where "statement"-type, semi-impractical, zoning-violating structures are built and (at least somewhat) regarded as symbols of civic pride and aspiration within contemporary democracies. The SkyTree in Tokyo and Sydney Opera House stand out as examples. I think even the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is an historic U.S. example of what Charlie's talking about: a projection to the world that we matter, we have resources, and we're ready for business.You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.
I think this project does a wonderful job of hiding all the mechanical stuff at the top. Concerning the PRU View Observatory thread, this is what I mean by hiding all the communication crap at the top of the PRU.
I look at the results, and it looks better in those countries in that regard. My older son's father-in-law owns a mining company, and will not even attempt to start the application process for starting a new mine in this country, because it will inevitably be stopped. So, all his mines are in Central America where it takes just a few months to process the application. Look at the stymied high-speed rail line in California. Look at how impossible it is in Boston to build a tower of substantial height. China is building entirely new cities, which would be impossible in most parts of this country. Pandering in extremis to NIMBYs and automatically caving in to nit-picky environmental extremism (which has little to do with substantive environmental issues in many cases), is pretty much paralyzing the moving forward of infrastructure and urban/suburban development in this country. My experiences as a civil engineer and project manager have left me pretty frustrated about the future of development in this country. Sorry to be blunt, but that's my observation and experience.You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.