Greece:
I was really confused if they were talking about the real Greece or a fictional car-less Greece.
If it was fictional, then why Greece?
In the article they’re talking about the look of the place (which, still…) but it’s a bizarre quote to choose for that title.
The article talks about giving you the sense of community back since you’re closer to your neighbors and can hear them. We moved into a neighborhood that has no privacy fencing. Instead we have low open rail fencing. If my neighbors are playing cornhole in their yard I can literally talk to them from inside my house. It’s been awesome since we’ve gotten to know a lot of them.
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Greece? What Greece? Where???
The parts that tourists visit.
Fun fact: Tempe is named after The Vale of Tempe in Greece.
I visited Culdesac last year to see CityNerd and Urban Phoenix Project talk about urban development. It’s a neat place. If it existed 10 years ago I would have liked to live there. Going car free in Phoenix is definitely a challenge but I’m glad some people are willing to try it.
Listened to Ryan Johnson talk about this, but still confused as to why it’s called Caldesac…the thing that completely lacks circuitry and connectivity.
Culdesac is a word for a stretch of street that has no through way, a dead end. The only reason to drive into it is if you are going to one of the houses.
Demonstrably autocentric development schemes.
Oh absolutely.
You mean cheap and it’s always sunny?
Tourism Greece or actual Greece? Probably just tourism Greece, i.e., a fake product we sell to foreigners.
I want to believe this is good, but something about it smells of late stage capitalism.
Because…?
It’s waking
It’s cycling
It’s cheap
It doesn’t destroy the environment
What part of this…?
Culdesac is a real estate developer and neighborhood manager of walkable, mixed-use communities designed to embrace a culture of belonging, transportation freedom, and thriving local businesses.
You want a corporation as your landlord and community organizer?
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Somebody has to build it…
I missed that part. So that no, but the rest sounds like an actual place for human beings
I don’t think they wanted a real answer
I mean, an argument can be made that it is really just an apartment complex owned by one company. But, imo, it is a step in the right direction.
I know I’m feeling cautious about any progress towards my understanding of what is good, so I think I can understand why the first person was saying that, but I’m assuming. This sounds like a great thing, (but within the seconds I thought this), but I could never afford to live there it must be an overpriced and gentrified neighborhood.
I spent more time than I liked to placing commas and trying to be grammatically correct. I probably made mistakes but does anyone reading really care. Am I just trying to make people’s opinion of me higher because I organized the message to the standards of people long dead. I know I technically asked two questions there but I wasn’t really asking so fuck it.
In Tempe, Arizona, Culdesac is reimagining US cities for people, not cars – and inviting travellers to explore its plazas, paseos and Mediterranean-inspired design.
A town in the desert that says no cars is like asking for a spike in heat stroke.
That’s why they designed the development to passively cool the walkways.
I’d love to see innovation in this space. How about a Fully covered pedestrian corridors with shops, maybe even with fans
I mean, that would be very cyberpunk. But we really don’t need that much innovation. People have been building cities in places that are hot AF for millenia. Innovation is nice and all, but imo, the first step is recreating the things we already know work. That’s why the article talked about all the ways the city riffed off of old Greek cities.
Reminds me of all the connected buildings in downtown Minneapolis Minnesota. Temperature controlled skywalks and tunnels. They have the opposite problem — sub freezing temps in the winters.
You were close but we call them Skyways.
You take the skyway
High above the busy little one way
Trees do a similar job.
