Comments on: Blogging From Copenhagen http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:36:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: JDart http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-26798 JDart Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:46:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/#comment-26798 Public spaces are not just a place for yuppies, or at least, should not be. I feel that many times, public spaces, at least new ones, tend to isolate many groups of people (i.e. "yuppies" from the lower middle class, poor etc) and also many times creates segregation between groups. I like what he says about public spaces are needed for a multicultural society, so how does one go about creating a space that all of those groups can feel comfortable in? Public spaces are not just a place for yuppies, or at least, should not be. I feel that many times, public spaces, at least new ones, tend to isolate many groups of people (i.e. "yuppies" from the lower middle class, poor etc) and also many times creates segregation between groups. I like what he says about public spaces are needed for a multicultural society, so how does one go about creating a space that all of those groups can feel comfortable in?

]]> By: Charles Komanoff http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-5237 Charles Komanoff Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:04:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/#comment-5237 What a terrific post! I didn't get to hear Jan Gehl when he was here in NYC earlier this year. I find his parable of the Traditional / Invaded / Abandoned / Reconquered City quite apt. Even more resonant is that Copenhagen and other cities did not "naturally" come to their present benign state but were brought there through conscious policies ... the foremost of which was, in Gehl's words, "a willingness to constrain motor vehicle traffic." Of the many things evidently missing in Weinshall et al.'s vision [sic], that willingness is paramount. Aaron, you've got a fabulous Postcards from Europe feature in the making. Looking fwd to the next installment. -- Charlie What a terrific post!

I didn't get to hear Jan Gehl when he was here in NYC earlier this year. I find his parable of the
Traditional / Invaded / Abandoned / Reconquered City quite apt.

Even more resonant is that Copenhagen and other cities did not "naturally" come to their present benign state but were brought there through conscious policies ... the foremost of which was, in Gehl's words, "a willingness to constrain motor vehicle traffic."

Of the many things evidently missing in Weinshall et al.'s vision [sic], that willingness is paramount.

Aaron, you've got a fabulous Postcards from Europe feature in the making. Looking fwd to the next installment.

-- Charlie

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-5227 Glenn Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:45:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen/#comment-5227 As someone who had the wonderful opportunity to live in Copenhagen I have to add that all these ingredients create a warm, comfortable atmosphere of inclusion in public life and seeing everyday examples (role models?) of healthy living. Jan's narrative of the last 60 years (Invaded, Abandoned, Reconquered) very accurate of what happened to urban America and in many places around the world. And the connection to democracy is very real. People in an auto-centric environment can lead very private lives, blissfully ignorant of the problems and people around them they choose to avoid. And Aaron, you have to sort of swallow the "g" to properly pronounce <i>Stroget</i>. The Danes have the cutest accent when they speak in English! As someone who had the wonderful opportunity to live in Copenhagen I have to add that all these ingredients create a warm, comfortable atmosphere of inclusion in public life and seeing everyday examples (role models?) of healthy living.

Jan's narrative of the last 60 years (Invaded, Abandoned, Reconquered) very accurate of what happened to urban America and in many places around the world. And the connection to democracy is very real. People in an auto-centric environment can lead very private lives, blissfully ignorant of the problems and people around them they choose to avoid.

And Aaron, you have to sort of swallow the "g" to properly pronounce Stroget. The Danes have the cutest accent when they speak in English!

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