Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach  (Read 3247 times)

Metro Jacksonville

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2644
    • MetroJacksonville.com
Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
« on: January 23, 2009, 05:00:00 AM »
Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach



Take a tour around the Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale. The city is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War.

Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/984
Logged

Jason

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4341
Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2009, 01:08:15 PM »
Ft. Lauderdale beach... mmmmmm!

I thought the Kinney tunnel was the ONLY one in Florida that goes under a body of water?
Logged

Jason

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4341
Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 01:10:24 PM »
Answered my own question.  There are two other tunnels in Florida they go beneath the water at Walt Disney World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Tunnel


Found a "drive through" video..

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=40523387


« Last Edit: January 23, 2009, 01:14:09 PM by Jason »
Logged

copperfiend

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3612
Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 01:28:52 PM »
Great town. What a state we live in.
Logged

jandar

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 554
Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2009, 10:46:57 PM »
One thing to remember though, Ft Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, etc. cannot build to the west. Forcing the residents to condense into a tighter pocket of humanity.

You really only have 8 miles east to west to build on, and there are millions of people down there. Its kinda like taking JAX/Atlantic/Neptune Beach and placing a few million people there.
Logged
Pages: [1]