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- From: pkosidow@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul G Kosidowski)
- Newsgroups: alt.architecture
- Subject: Re: Chicago cul-de-sacs
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 16:16:23 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- From article <1993Jan24.210839.14927@netcom.com>, by randolph@netcom.com (Randolph Fritz):
- > Safety has always been an influence on urban design and architecture;
- > the following examples come to mind:
- >
- Don't forget that one of the first real "city planning" efforts, Haussmann's
- reworking of Paris in the mid-19th century, was motivated by among, other
- things, the prevention of revolutions. The wide boulevards that were a
- central feature of the plan were intended to facilitate the flow of troups
- through the city if they needed to be deployed to squelch an uprising.
- Paul Kosidowski
- U Wisconsin Milwaukee
- Modern Studies
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