The joy of motorways
Motortorque
30 August 2007
Next year is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the British motorway. While the Germans had been racing round on Hitler-endorsed Autobahns since the 1930s, it wasn’t until 1958 and the bright optimism of the post-war boom that the eight mile Preston bypass opened – and a [...]
Motorways
New York – Downtown
Downtown up
Estates Gazette
18/08/2007
From the 52nd floor of Silverstein Properties’ 7 World Trade Center early on a summer’s day, Lower Manhattan looks spectacular.
To the south and west, the Hudson River glistens in the sunlight while, to the north, Midtown’s grid-patterned avenues and the green lungs of Central Park fade into the haze.
As an outsider, it [...]
