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Urban Thinking => Analysis => Topic started by: Metro Jacksonville on January 23, 2009, 05:00:00 AM

Title: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on January 23, 2009, 05:00:00 AM
Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach

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Take a tour around the Venice of America: Fort Lauderdale. The city is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War.

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Title: Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
Post by: Jason on January 23, 2009, 01:08:15 PM
Ft. Lauderdale beach... mmmmmm!

I thought the Kinney tunnel was the ONLY one in Florida that goes under a body of water?
Title: Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
Post by: Jason on January 23, 2009, 01:10:24 PM
Answered my own question.  There are two other tunnels in Florida they go beneath the water at Walt Disney World.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_River_Tunnel


Found a "drive through" video..

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=40523387


Title: Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
Post by: copperfiend on January 23, 2009, 01:28:52 PM
Great town. What a state we live in.
Title: Re: Elements of Urbanism: Fort Lauderdale & The Beach
Post by: jandar on January 23, 2009, 10:46:57 PM
One thing to remember though, Ft Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, etc. cannot build to the west. Forcing the residents to condense into a tighter pocket of humanity.

You really only have 8 miles east to west to build on, and there are millions of people down there. Its kinda like taking JAX/Atlantic/Neptune Beach and placing a few million people there.
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