On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Tom_ Lewis wrote:
There %is% a city center in Espoo?
yeah, isn't there? maybe not -- I kinda thought Tapiola was the "center -- if
you drive in on the highway, aren't there signs indicating a "keskus /
centrum"? not that a sign bestows centrality on a place...
There are three or four centers in Espoo, and Tapiola is one of them, the
oldest one. The adm,inistratice center is the Espoo Centrum which is located in
the middle part of the area, by the old Cathedral, and virtually inaccessible
except by commuter train or a few bus lines. The administrative services are
divided between Tapiola and the Centrum, probably because a lot of those
services were already established in Tapiola before the time the Centrum itself
was built, in the 70s. Some of the main office buildings located within the
Centrum, are slated for demolition with no clear plan of any replacement. These
include the City Hall designed by some Polish or DDR architects.
I'm fascinated by the constant construction work going on in Espoo, the feeling
of temporality, thin layers of new culture built upon the earlier strata. I
want to study better the land use in Espoo, but haven't figured out yet how to
do this.
j.
I lived in Helsinki in the late 90s, and taught English out at the H:ki
University of Technology out in Espoo -- it sure is an interesting place,
I'll agree, but not where I'd want to hang my hat if I had a choice of
locations in So. Finland...
Mr. Hate Archisnob, signing off --
näkemiin,
tl
On Friday, April 20, 2007, at 01:03PM, "J. Lehmus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Tom_ Lewis wrote:
the term aptly describes the entire planet.
you obviously haven't visited Espoo...
When did you take your sightseeing tour in Tapiola? The white block part
was largely constructed in the 60's, the glass tower palaces portion is a
later intervention, mostly 90s.
>
On Friday, April 20, 2007, at 10:35AM, "phanero"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
is "nowheresville" -- >
oh please, mr. Haute Architecouture urbanismop,
the term aptly describes the entire planet..
the species itself is pretty tacky period at this point.
i look forward to the day when the entirety of human consciousness
is housed in a black monolith on some lonely island in a blank blue sea
so the bushbabies and lizards can shreik in peace
or better yet
two semi-large spheroids on the surface of the moon
one black one white
hegel's a cluck
evolution is not a "style issue"
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