tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706208623500482259.post1637852384437579176..comments2023-11-05T07:02:40.724-05:00Comments on The Okobo Miscellany: [DESIGN] Dimensions vs. AestheticsNick Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968818744649084446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706208623500482259.post-71862631983004104802010-04-20T09:36:38.024-04:002010-04-20T09:36:38.024-04:00I agree that you can't say much good about eit...I agree that you can't say much good about either the aesthetics or the humane-ness of the NYC subway. But I still feel good rushing through it, knowing my way through those impossible spaces, like getting to the 7 train, plunging deeper into the bowels of the city. Maybe it's the memory of trailing my doubting kids down those stairs and connecting galleries on our way to Shea, or just Iver Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10037789328809192437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5706208623500482259.post-27869002636468903862009-12-10T10:56:55.041-05:002009-12-10T10:56:55.041-05:00I've been thinking along similar lines - there...I've been thinking along similar lines - there's a newly built-up section of nether Williamsburg clustered around Flushing between Broadway and Bedford, and while the buildings are so bad that my eyes bleed, there is something incredibly satisfying about the overall scale of the place. Their massing and height, along with the width of the streets and sidewalks, feels just right - almost AXGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360382024680867451noreply@blogger.com