Seoul had a huge highway. They pulled it out, and now have a beautiful urban stream. The New York Times raved about it a while back. Read HERE.
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In some parts of the stream, you can even see parts of the old highway as in the picture above.
St. Louis is building a bridge. Highways 70 will cross the river north of downtown.
This sunken highway is no longer needed.
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HOK has already given us a rendering for what improved overpasses would look like,
Access ramps could be added to these. Removing the park in front of the Old Court House and creating a grand staircase/ramp there would also be desirable. A new grand entrance to the already sunken Museum of Westward Expansion could also be created in the corridor as well
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If the I-70 corridor is no longer used in the downtown area, digging a small canal along it's length might not be that hard to do. It is very close to the river. Such a canal would lend itself easily to the Greenway District's River Ring concept. It could provide a bike connection into downtown from the riverfront trail, connect the arch grounds to the gateway mall, clean the waters of the mississippi with added wetland space, help reduce the severity of seasonal floods, attract people to downtown, and make one of the coolest city parks in North America.
A sewer department in Indiana believes a canal is the best way to clean up stormwater runoff. They base their ideas off the canals in Indianapolis and San Antonio.
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This article relates to the Gateway Mall, highways, the Arch Grounds and the Mississippi River.
Your city certainly need to think about it. Cheonggyecheon is the symbol of the industrilization of korea in 70's. It was ugly and polluting the air and the view as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we don't have it anymore, but I wonder if it's still worthy to have the nice new version of Cheonggyecheon when it takes billions in every months.
millions, not billions. That cost comes from pumping water. That's not a natural or sustainable option. Cheonggyecheon was not a properly daylighted stream. It has a lot of problems. On its inception, it was clearly a simulacra of its intentions. A bed of soil has developed, big fish now swim in it, and a lot of wetland plants have been put along it. It is still very far from natural.
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