Comments on: The Hub Dream That is London

By: Best Of: Social Media in London | brianfrank.ca

Best Of: Social Media in London | brianfrank.ca — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:28:28 +0000

[...] The Hub Dream That is London [...]

By: An Economy for Living | brianfrank.ca

An Economy for Living | brianfrank.ca — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:14:23 +0000

[...] already expressed doubts about the “transporation hub” idea here and here. It isn’t a bad idea to beef up London’s transportation capacity as one [...]

By: London Needs an Information Hub | brianfrank.ca

London Needs an Information Hub | brianfrank.ca — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:30:44 +0000

[...] to all the talk about London’s potential future as a transportation hub, there has been alarmingly little positive discussion about the implications of the fact that the [...]

By: Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:37:11 +0000

Thanks Carmi. I'm inclined to dwell on your remark about 20th century approaches but I'll end up going on and on. For now I just like the idea of calling it 'The All-or-Nothing Century.'

By: brianfrank

brianfrank — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:37:11 +0000

Thanks Carmi. I'm inclined to dwell on your remark about 20th century approaches but I'll end up going on and on. For now I just like the idea of calling it 'The All-or-Nothing Century.'

By: Carmi

Carmi — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:49:18 +0000

Wonderfully said. It's kind of funny how conventional 20th century approaches to urban planning have left us with an all-or-nothing perspective on how a city must evolve. This entry gives us some hope that we can have our cake and eat it, too. There's no reason we can't be more powerful economically while we retain the things that have made London such a great place to live in the first place.

We'll leave the rampant “successes” of places like Toronto to, well, Torontonians.