Yoos and James’ article examine several modern cities (metropolises) and their penchant for being multileveled, achieved through structures such as pedestrian skyways and interbuilding walkways. For me this was a very memorable and enlightening text as having spent my entire life in Ho Chi Minh (a fairly single leveled city) I have never put much consideration towards the idea of cities being multileveled. Although I do remember in the brief time I spent in Hong Kong being quite taken aback by how hard it was to navigate google maps due to all the different levels. My main takeaway is that the article did a good job convincing me that having a multileveled city is indeed very beneficial to the people (providing that they are actually accustomed to it, unlike me) while also providing cultural and aesthetic distinction to the city.
Yi Ko (Danny) Wo 3035709253
I can’t agree more on how multilevel Hong Kong is! I don’t think a “regular” map would do justice to the spatial richness of the city. You pointed out how it is not common to have this kind of multilevel-ness. Do you think the multilevel city would always work in any cities in the world? To what extent is it beneficial for the city to have this kind of multiplicity of the pedestrian network?