Comments on: A Soul for Sin City: Placemaking in Las Vegas City Center http://www.pps.org/blog/las-vegas_city_center/ Placemaking for Communities Tue, 14 May 2013 09:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: JJJ http://www.pps.org/blog/las-vegas_city_center/comment-page-1/#comment-95843 JJJ Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:15:27 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=64387#comment-95843 Forget 3rd places. The whole thing is a war against pedestrians. Want to take the aerial tram? Thats 3 floors up. And yes, there are escalators, but it takes you up one floor, then you have to walk aaaaallllllll the way to the other side to take the next escalator and then go aaaalllll the way to take the next escalator again. What the hell?

And how about the las vegas blvd sidewalk? Want to continue walking north or south? I hope you enjoy a lengthy detour, you need to walk into the property to get up the stairs to use the pedestrian bridge. Apparently the driveway entrance was much more important.

And I suggest avoiding the entire sidewalk on crowded days. It’s narrow and obstructed.

]]> By: Himanshu Sanghani http://www.pps.org/blog/las-vegas_city_center/comment-page-1/#comment-95841 Himanshu Sanghani Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:42:40 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=64387#comment-95841 I think the architects and developers didn’t have much choice to design the silhouette than to simply mirror the image Las Vegas is famous for. But learning from the ‘missing substances’ and following a ‘life-bringing’ approach will definitely provide a new definition for Las Vegas provided they balance the core characteristics of the city.

]]> By: Matthew Roberts http://www.pps.org/blog/las-vegas_city_center/comment-page-1/#comment-95838 Matthew Roberts Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:29:21 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=64387#comment-95838 It’s a true failure, since the architects and developers didn’t truly focus on making a workable form; some of those asymmetrical forms are never going to be comfortable for people

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