On Wednesday we went to the local market town to do the shopping. These towns are very interesting because apparently they have reinvested hugely in the older sections of towns spending major money to bring back the old central areas and also introducing close larger floor plate shopping areas and parking. These are pictures of a contemporary park on structure. Its the above ground face of four decks of parking supporting the traditional town center and a fairly newish collection of big box retail. Sounds like it could be horrendous but actually it worked quite well. We did our weekly food shopping in the market stalls which temporarily take over the refurbished Renaissance and 18th century squares (!!), then wandered around the streets to look at smaller retail shops. I like the idea of this very close but still separate series of spaces in one town.
There was a pretty interesting looking playground (we were there pretty early so not many folks about). Playgrounds seem to be getting much more interesting again. after that horrible plastic period, at least the new ones I've seen look like they are interesting. Funny how for years I never looked at a play ground or jungle gym until I started hanging around them with friends whop are parents and I started noticing how terrible the are. I wasn't really paying attention when I took this picture so sorry for the big pole in th middle.
2 comments:
It looks like a park for giants with the oversize pots and light fixtures looking like living room floor lamps.
Sure beats the faux Mediterranean hell my city pushes down our throats.
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