Comments on: The Defensive City http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2119 Rob Goodspeed's blog Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: IMGoph http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2119/comment-page-1#comment-36262 IMGoph Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:16:25 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2119#comment-36262 i saw the same glass-in-concrete security walls in places all over ecuador (quito, otavalo, cuenca, riobamba, etc.) iron gates were quite common as well. i asked about them, and was told that security of that type was common everywhere in south america. i saw the same glass-in-concrete security walls in places all over ecuador (quito, otavalo, cuenca, riobamba, etc.) iron gates were quite common as well. i asked about them, and was told that security of that type was common everywhere in south america.

]]> By: ikoloki http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2119/comment-page-1#comment-35819 ikoloki Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:56:29 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2119#comment-35819 i used to live on a little street in georgetown by the water front (cecil place) back in the mid/late nineties, when georgetown was quite a bit different than it is now. the movie theater was just a vacant lot. all the houses on my street had bars. in the early 2000, we all started getting rid of them. right now, i'm in NE dc, right by the uline arena (where the gentrification is stepping up) and the bars are coming down slowly. i took them off of my house about two years ago. it's about 50/50 nowadays. i would think that maybe there's some kind of corellation with certain criminal activities? it would definitely be interesting though, and i'll look forward to you posting it sometime in the future. cheers! i used to live on a little street in georgetown by the water front (cecil place) back in the mid/late nineties, when georgetown was quite a bit different than it is now. the movie theater was just a vacant lot. all the houses on my street had bars. in the early 2000, we all started getting rid of them. right now, i’m in NE dc, right by the uline arena (where the gentrification is stepping up) and the bars are coming down slowly. i took them off of my house about two years ago. it’s about 50/50 nowadays. i would think that maybe there’s some kind of corellation with certain criminal activities? it would definitely be interesting though, and i’ll look forward to you posting it sometime in the future. cheers!

]]> By: Rob http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2119/comment-page-1#comment-35816 Rob Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:58:59 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2119#comment-35816 Thanks for the comment. I decided not to go into DC in depth. I am planning to try to map the boundaries of the area where window bars are common, and try to figure out whether they come down when a neighborhood changes, and if they do how long it takes ... What kind of measures are hidden in these new buildings? Thanks for the comment. I decided not to go into DC in depth. I am planning to try to map the boundaries of the area where window bars are common, and try to figure out whether they come down when a neighborhood changes, and if they do how long it takes …

What kind of measures are hidden in these new buildings?

]]> By: ikoloki http://goodspeedupdate.com/2007/2119/comment-page-1#comment-35813 ikoloki Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:50:15 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=2119#comment-35813 actually, i grew up in brasil, and it's the same thing there (sao paulo). it's very common for broken glass to be set into concrete, even in the trendiest of neighborhoods. i'm so used to it. it was wierd reading your post because ... someone actually noticed it, and put it into a context that i hadn't thought about. if you ever get to brasil, it'd be interesting for you to compare and contrast it w/south africa. some of the newer buildings in brasil are going high tech, so you don't actually 'see' their defensive nature, but believe me, it's there in hiding. as a side thought...if you think about it, dc is rather defensive in nature.... weren't the roundabouts (circles) originally developed as a mechanism to stop invaders? they would put cannons on them and force the invaders back from main routes into the city. i actually saw them put to use on 9/11 when the guard put tanks facing the main arteries off the roundabout in foggy bottom. anyway... great post! actually, i grew up in brasil, and it’s the same thing there (sao paulo). it’s very common for broken glass to be set into concrete, even in the trendiest of neighborhoods. i’m so used to it. it was wierd reading your post because … someone actually noticed it, and put it into a context that i hadn’t thought about. if you ever get to brasil, it’d be interesting for you to compare and contrast it w/south africa. some of the newer buildings in brasil are going high tech, so you don’t actually ‘see’ their defensive nature, but believe me, it’s there in hiding.

as a side thought…if you think about it, dc is rather defensive in nature…. weren’t the roundabouts (circles) originally developed as a mechanism to stop invaders? they would put cannons on them and force the invaders back from main routes into the city. i actually saw them put to use on 9/11 when the guard put tanks facing the main arteries off the roundabout in foggy bottom. anyway…

great post!

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