Rewilding Cities
We’ve monocropped streets — so they’re used almost exclusively for cars. Time to rewild
In the 1970s, the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands wanted to make it easier for people to drive downtown to shop. So they took a 900-year-old canal that ran through the city, and filled in a big chunk — turning it into a four-lane highway. Car culture was ascendant back then, and a key…