Comments on: Beautiful Abandoned Buildings http://urbanplanningblog.com/96/beautiful-abandoned-buildings/ Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:21:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pratik http://urbanplanningblog.com/96/beautiful-abandoned-buildings/#comment-27 Pratik Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:12:17 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2006/07/08/beautiful-abandoned-buildings/#comment-27 Gald to hear that, Shannon. Sprawl in my opinion is not just caused by market forces but government policy is largely to blame as well. Why people want to develop greenfield sites when there is lots of potential with such brownfield sites is beyond me. Gald to hear that, Shannon. Sprawl in my opinion is not just caused by market forces but government policy is largely to blame as well.

Why people want to develop greenfield sites when there is lots of potential with such brownfield sites is beyond me.

]]> By: Shannon http://urbanplanningblog.com/96/beautiful-abandoned-buildings/#comment-26 Shannon Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:08:02 +0000 http://urbanplanningblog.com/2006/07/08/beautiful-abandoned-buildings/#comment-26 Ug, I was just talking about this the other day. Everyone claims market conditions necessitate sprawl, yet I keep driving through Texas cities that are all suburb with empty, unused city centers. Nearly every town seems to have abandoned sites like those pictured on invisible threads. My boyfriend is really into urban exploration, and he sees the same power plants, hotels, office buildings, and warehouses over and over again. Ug, I was just talking about this the other day. Everyone claims market conditions necessitate sprawl, yet I keep driving through Texas cities that are all suburb with empty, unused city centers. Nearly every town seems to have abandoned sites like those pictured on invisible threads. My boyfriend is really into urban exploration, and he sees the same power plants, hotels, office buildings, and warehouses over and over again.

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