Category Archives: Image of the week

Gillespie Kidd and Coia finally getting props

Posted on July 28, 2014 by cosmopolitanscum

This week sees the start of the Mountain Biking at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow: which will tickle the whiskers of very few of the readers of this blog, I realise. However, the event marks in many ways the final … Continue reading →

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Mr Goldberg’s Bridges in the Sky

Posted on July 17, 2014 by cosmopolitanscum

One of the great forestalled ideas in the repetoire of 20th century utopian urbanism is the skybridge. This idea of a new elevated street hierarchy was first pioneered by Ludwig Hilberseimer in his book City Plan which he published whilst … Continue reading →

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