Richard Mann wrote:
> Arcade may be better than colonnade, but arcade is definitely in more
> common usage in the UK for a pedestrian route through a block with
> shops on both sides, so it will be slightly misleading. However I
> suppose the position next to a road makes it clear that it's one-sid
Arcade may be better than colonnade, but arcade is definitely in more common
usage in the UK for a pedestrian route through a block with shops on both
sides, so it will be slightly misleading. However I suppose the position
next to a road makes it clear that it's one-sided.
Richard
On Mon, Jun 15
2009/6/15 Emilie Laffray :
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)
> However, the articles on wikipedia are pretty poor.
+1 (the English one at least, also the 2 last pictures are not typical
for what architects call an arcade, but they refer to the commercial
habit to describe shoppi
Richard Mann wrote:
> An arcade usually cuts through a block, rather than running alongside
> a road. I'd have said colonnade was about right, though they're not
> exactly common in the UK (the two level shops at Chester spring to
> mind, but they are probably peculiar to themselves). We do have wh
An arcade usually cuts through a block, rather than running alongside a
road. I'd have said colonnade was about right, though they're not exactly
common in the UK (the two level shops at Chester spring to mind, but they
are probably peculiar to themselves). We do have what can best be described
as
2009/6/13 Pieren :
> Hi,
>
> someone on the french list asked how we could tag an "archway" ?
> Something like this:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_des_Vosges_archway.jpg
>
> I didn't find anything on the wiki or tagwatch. Maybe it's even
> questionable to have a special tag since i
> > someone on the french list asked how we could tag an "archway" ?
> > Something like this:
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_des_Vosges_archway.jpg
> >
> > I didn't find anything on the wiki or tagwatch. Maybe it's even
> > questionable to have a special tag since it is eith
Pieren schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> someone on the french list asked how we could tag an "archway" ?
> Something like this:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_des_Vosges_archway.jpg
>
> I didn't find anything on the wiki or tagwatch. Maybe it's even
> questionable to have a special tag since it i
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