Comments on: Build a Better SUV Trap http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/74 For fans of everything ITP Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:21:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Joe http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/74#comment-179 Joe Sat, 21 May 2005 16:43:53 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/74#comment-179 Chutney brought up a good point that some parks have an underground parking deck. According to my copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071355537/joesrecs" rel="nofollow">New Urbanism charter</a>, Post Office Square in Boston is "a park built above seven stories of underground parking." One would think that parks consist of unique features that are not quite so compatible with an above-ground deck. Or, at least, that the park itself is really <i>the</i> unique feature that is incompatible with parking decks. Even if the deck accomplishes the five goals listed, it is still disruptive to the surrounding environment if the deck is built in a park. Chutney brought up a good point that some parks have an underground parking deck. According to my copy of the New Urbanism charter, Post Office Square in Boston is “a park built above seven stories of underground parking.”

One would think that parks consist of unique features that are not quite so compatible with an above-ground deck. Or, at least, that the park itself is really the unique feature that is incompatible with parking decks. Even if the deck accomplishes the five goals listed, it is still disruptive to the surrounding environment if the deck is built in a park.

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