Sunday, December 13, 2009

Visions of Copenhagen

Thinking about "Hopenhagen" and the potential for sustainability in Copenhagen since years ago. In 2003 they fancied themselves a sustainable city, but were still attached to the prospects of taking it from the top down. This was published in a Copenhagen daily earlier this decade.

If STEWARDSHIP was SCATTERED like DAFFODILS IN THE FIELD the wild SALMON would RETURN RUNNING to the STREETS and gutters of COPENHAGEN.
The DSB Fragtmandshallerne in outer Norrebrø is a 1000 square meter dinosaur of a building surrounded by a weedy field and bounded by the DSB commuter line, commercial shopping and high-density public housing. It is in a neighborhood composed of immigrants, ethnic minorities, families, youngsters, students, and lower income resident. The city is now scrutinizing the area as a candidate for that cynical form of urban revitalization that favors aestheticized commercial occupancy over local control. ... more

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