The Dutch are making artificial islands off Amsterdam and using them to build new courtyard-block neighborhoods using a subdivision and passport system.
Thanks for the excellent view and explanation of Centrumeiland. It's great how it makes urban living accessible to housholds by offering individual sites, especially to housing cooperatives. Inspiration for other European countries too!
Your overview of the less-strong aspects, like lack of ground-floor commercial units, made for a very balanced assessment.
I worked in Baltimore for several years and saw how megaprojects with a single developer grinded projects to a halt. And this was in downtown involving historic buildings and rowhomes, properties which could have easily been subdivided off and sold to smaller, more nimble developers. I'm sure corruption had something to do with it, with a mega-devleoper providing kickbacks to politicians. If you've ever seen The Wire, it's pretty much true to life.
Thanks for the excellent view and explanation of Centrumeiland. It's great how it makes urban living accessible to housholds by offering individual sites, especially to housing cooperatives. Inspiration for other European countries too!
Your overview of the less-strong aspects, like lack of ground-floor commercial units, made for a very balanced assessment.
Ciarán Breen
thank you so much! very kind of you to take the time to comment
My pleasure, Alicia.
The role of limited equity cooperatives (in the American parlance) needs more (some) discussion.
You’re doing great work!
thank you so much!! absolutely agree
I worked in Baltimore for several years and saw how megaprojects with a single developer grinded projects to a halt. And this was in downtown involving historic buildings and rowhomes, properties which could have easily been subdivided off and sold to smaller, more nimble developers. I'm sure corruption had something to do with it, with a mega-devleoper providing kickbacks to politicians. If you've ever seen The Wire, it's pretty much true to life.