Thursday, July 26, 2007

Best use of overpass

I cannot tell a lie, This is NOT London. I found this picture while I was cleaning out my hard drive on a long plane flight. I took it in Curacao last year.

Its very hot in the Netherlands Antilles and I thought this was an ingenious use of an ugly overpass. If you look very closely peering under the bridge, you will see an orange-y coloured building tucked in the shade. That building is restaurant/club. Oddly, given that it was in the dark it was such a relief to be out of the sun that people fled to the place and had a beer and relaxed.

I haven't seen many successful uses for the darkness under an elevated road - I hear there is a great skate park in Oakland - but I recommend this as a great use for that space.

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