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Beijing Rd - Sightlines Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/23/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This cache is the reincarnation of GC9QEEQ.

 

许多关于视线的城市规划文献关注的是可见性,并倾向于选择更直的街道,因为视线更远。城市交通将视线作为一个安全问题,例如确保行人可以看到来往的车辆,反之亦然。在建筑设计中,视线的概念主要用于礼堂、体育场或特定的历史地标等方面。例如,伦敦市有11条受保护的视线,不允许新的建筑侵入。巴黎也同样保留了埃菲尔铁塔的视线。

所有这些观点都忽视了在城市中行走的日常体验。

众所周知,在欧洲城市密集的历史性步行街核心区的蜿蜒、狭窄的小巷中,可以找到一些最棒的视线,这也是游客喜欢游览这些城市的主要原因。同样吸引人的是东京、曼谷和首尔最密集地区狭窄、蜿蜒的街道上充满活力的店面和霓虹灯,根据传统的可见性定义,这些街道的 "视线 "相当差。

在名单上加上这个城市:广州,一个拥有世界上最好的视线的城市,从一个在城市中移动的行人的角度来衡量,这肯定是最重要的。

 

Much of the urban planning literature on sightlines focuses on visibility and tends to prefer straighter streets and paths because the sightlines are longer. Urban transportation approaches sightlines as a safety issue, such as ensuring pedestrians can see oncoming traffic and vice versa. In architecture and building design the concept of sightlines is predominantly used regarding things like auditoriums, stadiums, or particular historical landmarks. The City of London, for example, has 11 protected sightlines which new buildings are not allowed to impinge upon. Paris similarly preserves sightlines of the Eiffel Tower. 

All of these views miss the point when it comes to sightlines and the everyday experience of walking around a city.

It's well known that some of the greatest sightlines are to be found in the winding, narrow, alleyways in dense historical pedestrianized cores of cities in Europe, which is the main reason tourists like to visit them. Equally attractive are the vibrant shopfronts and neon signs in narrow, winding streets in the densest parts of Tokyo, Bangkok and Seoul - streets with quite poor 'sightlines' according to traditional definitions of length of visibility.

Add to that list: Guangzhou, a city with some of the world's best sightlines as measured from the perspective of a pedestrian moving around the city, which is surely the one that matters.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)