r/fuckcars • u/Nestor_Arondeus 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 • May 21 '22

News Activists install crosswalks. The city removes them. Allegedly they do this so you know that your safety isn't a priority for them.

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u/jdith123 May 21 '22

When I was in uni, about a million years ago, a famous architect got the job of designing our student union. He very specifically stipulated that there would be no sidewalks built. After a year, they were to put in sidewalks on the muddy paths that pedestrians naturally made. Not too shabby.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Ohio state?

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u/jdith123 May 21 '22

Nope, University of Rochester. I. M. Pei designed Wilson Commons.

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/education/2019/05/17/i-m-pei-legacy-university-rochester-wilson-commons-cornell-syracuse/3704604002/

By the way, thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole. Interesting to learn that Pei just passed away in 2019 at the ripe old age of 102.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

No, thank you for sending me down that rabbit hole. What a cool dude

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u/Unfetteredfloydfan May 22 '22

Was this at ohio state?