Rewilding Cities

We’ve monocropped streets — so they’re used almost exclusively for cars. Time to rewild

The Utrecht highway turned canal, via before-and-after interactives created by Bouwput Utrecht

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…