Comments on: Comment on the landscape aspects of the Mayor’s London Plan 2009 https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/ Gardenvisit.com Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/#comment-1476 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:55:39 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3167#comment-1476 Yes! He is a very keen cyclist, as is the leader of the Conservative Party. Boris is the only politician I have ever voted for who has been elected.

]]> By: christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/#comment-1475 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:52:25 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3167#comment-1475 Do you think Boris was thinking about cyclists when he said shared spaces should be safer aka more beautiful?

]]> By: DAN https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/#comment-1474 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:30:35 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3167#comment-1474 I hope indeed that BOris’s opening words are spoken with backbone and with real intent – for they are good words and ring true. However if London seeks this ‘reputation’ then it must invest in it NOW as opposed to just talking it. Architecture / events / green ‘pockets’ take years to produce but the wider urban landscape takes decades to begin and centuries to evolve and grow….

“To make that shared space safer, we need
to make it more beautiful. That is why we
are seeking a world reputation for new and
improved public spaces that Londoners will
cherish for decades to come.” Boris JOhnson

His statement should really look further than decades, however I will take decades for now….

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/#comment-1473 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:28:46 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3167#comment-1473 Who designs the streets in modern cities? Nobody. Engineers do the roads; architects do some of the buildings; landscape architects plant some of the trees. The street just happens. As a planning experiment, we could ask Richard Serra to design an installation to inspire the spatial corridor for a street for an urban regeneration project in London.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/comment-on-the-landscape-aspects-of-the-mayors-london-plan-2009/#comment-1472 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:15:04 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=3167#comment-1472 Yes Tom I agree Abercrombie was ahead of his time. The way we move through the landscape is important not just the scenic destinations!

Richard Serra’s art is famous for demonstrating this phenomenon.
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