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Submitted by Mike, Feb 22, 2008 17:05

Why is a resident of Milwaukee being given space in a major New York City newspaper to lecture New Yorkers, residents of the most walkable city in the nation, on how a 1970s planning model from Minneapolis (admittedly a wonderful city but with much less walking than NYC) can improve our lives? May be skywalks make sense in some locations (I personally doubt it), but at any rate NYC is not in much danger of walking becoming less popular, nasty weather or not. Perhaps he should shop his pitch, which comes across more as an opportunity for Mr. McIlheran to revel in his own libertarianism, to more walking-deprived cities elsewhere in the country.

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We've been having this debate for 30 years now in Calgary. We have over 60 downtown city blocks connected by... [MORE]	Bob Merchant	Feb 27, 2008 00:05
"This enmity from the profession that gave us housing projects and East Berlin should be a signal that skywalks have... [MORE]	Joe	Feb 24, 2008 03:43
Why is a resident of Milwaukee being given space in a major New York City newspaper to lecture New Yorkers,...	Mike	Feb 22, 2008 17:05
It does seem that, GENERALLY SPEAKING, skywalks are bad for cities. BUT that doesn't mean that they are wrong in... [MORE]	Benjamin Hemric	Feb 22, 2008 15:32
The point of cities and transportation and pedestrian planning is to facilitate getting people to places people want to be... [MORE]	Ethan Kent	Feb 22, 2008 11:03
I don't think this person walked through any of the curbside lakes I walked through today. [MORE]	Mike	Feb 22, 2008 16:50

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