“The Tunnel can be seen as a laboratory for a new idea of urbanity that can
offer an intense, vital experience of the city. This site acts as a foil against
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the standardized and hyper-planned public spaces that increasingly inhabit
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most of our cities. There is a tendency in the creation of new public spaces
to over-design a situation that leaves little room for the idiosyncrasies of
juxtaposed materials and the richness that can accompany the unexpected.”
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from The Belmont Tunnel and Toluca Yard by
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Brian Knight, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA