Extreme Makeover, Tenderloin Edition A “National Park” grows in a gritty San Francisco neighborhood Could a dead-end street that at the time attracted little more than dumping, defecation, and drug use be an interesting place for people to enjoy? The answer is yes! Cohen Alley in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco has been called more than a national forest, a mural gallery a green laboratory or a hip-hop performance. “Gardens are universal.” The sentence says by Smith could call for lots of Landscape Architects’ passion to design more pleasant neighborhood for the people to live in. Perhaps the softer noises and cooler air will no longer be a dream for most of citizens if the designers concern more about people and pay more attention to the details of the city even if the “dead-end”. The San Francisco neighborhood is a good example. A nice neighborhood is not only related to the people’s emotion and health, but also can inspire the imagination and art talent of the children. In the document that we saw today, Maya Lin is also influenced a lot by the woods behind her house when she was young. Design better space, for ourselves and for the next generation.
3 comments:
Hi Lailai,
I've been there. It's such a nice place. Talk to you more soon.
Bundith
Hi Lailai,
The garden on the article you picked up is such a nice place. Yes, its idea is cool. It is like a community garden in the city that people can come and grow up their own plant on their day off. Although it is just a small space surround with three buildings with its own entrance from the street, there are some musical performances, art and community activities in this garden quite often. Beside this area is a non-profit art space. Both art space and garden are run by the same organizer.
I remember this garden very well because it is colorful. The sky of San Francisco is so blue, the trees in this garden are really green, and on the wall of three buildings as you can see on the photo, they are full of the lively wall painting. On the background of the photo, you can see the image of cyclone which begins from the ground and finishes at someone’s window on the forth floor. It is funny, and I am wondering what the owner of that window feels about this painting of cyclone. Of course, the wall painting should get permission from everybody living nearby this environment. I agree with the statement that ‘gardens are universal’ because they are all nature and everything belongs to the nature, too. It is one of my good memories, and it is always nice to see it again. Thanks!
Bundith
Hi Bundith,
Thank you for giving me so much information additionally. That's really fantistic!
Acctually, I did not consider the details of the photo that seriousely, but was more concentrated with the idea about the "garden". As I talked in Mark's class before, design a convienient living space for the common people is my ideal goal. However, I felt a bit disappointed when you told me this place is not open to the public. But it's still funny to make such an interesting place in the city's dead-end.
I will look for more details about this place. Your question interested me =P
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