Instant City
In ten years, and with a $25 billion dollar investment, South Korea will have created an instant city for 100K people. Metropolis Magazine has the story. Almost makes me want to scrap some small cities and just start over from scratch. Watch out Elk Grove, CA! Watch out Waco, TX! Cambridge, MA! Berkeley, CA! Ah... I'm only teasing. Well, okay, not about Elk Grove.
Great content in your blog. It caught my eye at first because my son just returned from studying in South Korea. He didn't mention the city though... Keep up the good work!
Posted by: BZTV | 07/08/2005 at 00:30
[begin channelling Jim Scott:] Designing whole cities from scratch this way seems so ... so ... 1960s. Really -- don't people learn anything from historical blunders? Planned cities like this never work. [end Jim Scott]
Posted by: jacob | 07/18/2005 at 15:30
Hey, watch out Gaela. I work for Elk Grove now! It's going to be the best city in America!!
Yeah, looks like I won't be joining you if you catch my drift. Funny thing is that I received a call right after I signed the letter.
I haven't read the article you link to yet, but I intend to.
Posted by: Eric | 07/20/2005 at 13:27
I'm kind of agree with BZTV,once peolpe start to live in this predesigned city.it will start to transform into something else.
Posted by: Ranufera | 11/10/2005 at 04:29