Good Magazine and Livable Streets are hosting a contest to redesign a street or intersection. It sounds like they are looking for a photograph modified with some kind of photo-imaging software. I wonder if they might accept an aerial (plan) view done in AutoCAD or Microstation instead?
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the OBJECTIVE
To imagine improvements to our struggling streets.the ASSIGNMENT
Take a photo of a street or intersection you know and hate, and then use PhotoShop or any other image editing techniques at your disposal to make the changes you’d like to see implemented.the REQUIREMENTS
Send your BEFORE and AFTER images to projects@goodmagazine.com. Prize and deadline information coming soon. Aaron Naparstek, the editor of Streetsblog, will judge the submissions.RESEARCH and INSPIRATION
Check out the example from Carly and Aaron: an overhaul of the the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and West 76th Street in Manhattan.
What street or intersection do you think needs the most improvement? Some street candidates:
- Polaris Pkwy – This is the place I hate the most in Columbus. I avoid it when I go home because it just depresses me.
- SR-161 – There’s LOTS of right-of-way. Maybe a nice urban boulevard could transform the street?
- Summit/4th – People have been talking about making these two-way for a long time.
- Broad St – Whatever happened to that grand boulevard idea idea with a tree-lined median anyway?
I would love to see what Third and Fourth downtown would look like with a two-way makeover similar to Gay Street. And of course, implementing that long-discussed Broad Street median would be nice.
I don’t know if there’s enough photoshopping in the world that can help Polaris Parkway.
You did a nice photo-shop job with that Columbus Underground post about chain retail Walker. Maybe you can apply those skills to a streetscape?
I second the 161 idea – that road is huge, and there is so much ROW to work with – how about a little Bus Rapid Transit/bike lane combo?