Spain (I think)
Cuzco, the ancient capitol of the Incas.
More Spain I think. Should have labeled these better.
Ancient Athens.
China backstreet.
Ancient Rome. I think the scale is exaggerated here. Still, not too
shabby eh?
Ancient Rome.
Ancient Rome.
The Forum, ancient Rome.
Ancient Rome.
Traditional women's dress, Vietnam.
Raphael, the School of Athens.
An image of ancient Babylon.
Central Athens today.
Tokyo backstreet. Mmmmmm --- yeah!
Where are the cars? Where are the bikes?
Don't need 'em. Don't want 'em.
Rome.
Here, the citizens of Rome are complaining that they still have to wait
2000 years until the invention of the automobile.
Ha ha ha. I don't think so.
Wealthy residence, ancient Rome.
Life sure does suck without cars. Or not.
Notice that people here aren't peasant dirt farmers. Are you ready to
give up the Little House on the Prairie Fantasy yet?
April
18,
2010:
How
to
Live
the
Good
Life
in
the
Traditional
City
March
28,
2010:
The
Problem
With
Little
Teeny
Farms
April
4,
2010:
The
Problem
With
Little
Teeny Farms 2: How Many Acres Can Sustain
a Family?
April
19,
2009:
Let's Kick Around the "Sustainability" Types
Wealthy residence, ancient Rome.
I've seen worse.
Seoul, Korea.
Lotsa fun. No cars.
No bikes either.
There are lots of fabulous places in Tokyko. But, I don't know a lot of
them because I was always going to Shimo Kitazawa. Here's a nice
Shimo-Kita backstreet.
Not too many cars here.
Cuzco.
Babylon.
The ancient town of Lijang, China.
Practicing a play at a playwright's residence, ancient Rome.
Tokyo.
More Spain I think.
A REALLY teeny backstreet, Yanaka district, Tokyo. This is about three
feet wide. That is the front door to someone's house there, behind the
bike.
Yokohama backstreet, with a couple of restaurants.
Look at those cuffs.
(This is a good example of an "arterial" street, or even major
boulevard, in the background and a Really Narrow Street in the
foreground. Note that the girl is standing in the middle of the street.
How wide is it?)
The 1920s Fraulein look.
(Note the Really Narrow Street in the background.)
Straw hats on girls, in winter.
Long curly hair seems to be a "Shibuya style" staple.
Everything. At once.
(Really Narrow Street in the background.)
Leather jackets and hair bows.
Velvet miniskirts, and scrunchies worn as bracelets.
(Standing in the middle of the street again. Note how there are plenty
of cars on the arterial street but NONE on the Really Narrow Street.
They just don't go there.)
Ruffled shorts, and angora berets.
Crooked hats. Lots of crooked hats.
Zip-off ruffles and pearls.
(How wide is that street?)
Very short dresses.
(How wide is THIS street?)
Definitely unsettling, whatever it is.
(Not a street, but another pedestrian Place.)
Black socks, business shoes and shorts. And big bags with very short
straps.
The crazy victorian auntie look.
A-line dresses, lace scarves and leather jackets.
(Another Really Narrow Street in the background.)
Cowboy boots and plaid. And furry vests.
Other
commentary in this series:
October
17,
2010:
The
Problem
of
Scarcity
3:
Resource
Scarcity
August
22,
2010:
How
to
Make
a
Pile
of
Dough with the Traditional City
August
1,
2010:
The
Problem
With
Bicycles
June
6,
2010:
Transitioning
to
the
Traditional
City
2:
Pooh-poohing
the
Naysayers
May
23,
2010:
Transitioning
to
the
Traditional
City
May
16,
2010:
The
Service
Economy
April
18,
2010:
How
to
Live
the
Good
Life
in
the
Traditional
City
April
4,
2010:
The
Problem
With
Little
Teeny
Farms
2:
How
Many
Acres
Can
Sustain
a
Family?
March
28,
2010:
The
Problem
With
Little
Teeny
Farms
March
14,
2010:
The
Traditional
City:
Bringing
It
All
Together
March
7,
2010:
Let's
Take
a
Trip
to
Suburban
Hell
February
21,
2010:
Toledo,
Spain
or
Toledo,
Ohio?
January
31,
2010: Let's Take a Trip to New York 2: The Bad and the Ugly
January
24, 2010: Let's Take a Trip to New York City
January 10,
2010: We Could All Be Wizards
December 27,
2009: What a Real Train System Looks Like
December 13,
2009: Life Without Cars: 2009 Edition
November 22,
2009: What Comes After Heroic Materialism?
November 15,
2009: Let's Kick Around Carfree.com
November 8,
2009: The Future Stinks
October 18,
2009: Let's Take Another Trip to Venice
October 10,
2009: Place and Non-Place
September 28,
2009: Let's Take a Trip to Barcelona
September 20,
2009: The Problem of Scarcity 2: It's All In Your Head
September 13,
2009: The Problem of Scarcity
July 26, 2009:
Let's Take a Trip to an American Village 3: How the Suburbs Came to Be
July 19, 2009:
Let's Take a Trip to an American Village 2: Downtown
July 12, 2009:
Let's Take a Trip to an American Village
May 3, 2009: A
Bazillion Windmills
April 19,
2009: Let's Kick Around the "Sustainability" Types
March 3, 2009:
Let's Visit Some More Villages
February 15,
2009: Let's Take a Trip to the French Village
February 1,
2009: Let's Take a Trip to the English Village
January
25,
2009:
How
to
Buy
Gold
on
the
Comex (scroll down)
January
4,
2009:
Currency Management for Little Countries (scroll
down)
December
28,
2008:
Currencies
are
Causes,
not
Effects (scroll down)
December
21,
2008:
Life
Without
Cars
August
10,
2008:
Visions of Future Cities
July
20,
2008:
The
Traditional
City
vs.
the
"Radiant
City"
December 2,
2007: Let's Take a Trip to Tokyo
October 7,
2007: Let's Take a Trip to Venice
June
17,
2007:
Recipe
for
Florence
July 9, 2007:
No Growth Economics
March
26,
2006:
The
Eco-Metropolis
