Spotted on a Metro North train. No photo of St. Peter's, the Colosseum or the Spanish Steps for Alitalia, just a shot of a really narrow street. It must have tested well in focus groups?
A Really Narrow Street (ie a pedestrian street) is a Place, which makes it a good location for photographs, movies and so forth. Nobody takes a picture of a Non-Place. Just think how often you see a typical WalMart powercenter big box retail parking lot in a movie, television show, magazine ad, etc.
Hey Charlie,
ReplyDeleteI was inspired by the recent street narrow posts and did one of my own. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
http://citytank.org/2011/04/28/reversing-haussmann-an-exploration-of-street-narrowing
A Really Narrow Street (ie a pedestrian street) is a Place, which makes it a good location for photographs, movies and so forth. Nobody takes a picture of a Non-Place. Just think how often you see a typical WalMart powercenter big box retail parking lot in a movie, television show, magazine ad, etc.
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