Comments on: Odd pedestrian crossing http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381582 The Overthinker Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:31:34 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381582 Not really - there are often people here who can correct you. After all, you only said it's something you heard, not that you know for a fact or are dogmatic about. And dammit, I can't spell Eminent.... Not really – there are often people here who can correct you. After all, you only said it’s something you heard, not that you know for a fact or are dogmatic about.

And dammit, I can’t spell Eminent….

]]> By: helical http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381578 helical Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:14:48 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381578 Gah. I meant "looking it up and verifying it". Gah. I meant “looking it up and verifying it”.

]]> By: helical http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381576 helical Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:13:48 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381576 Ah, my mistake then. I need to remember not to post without verifying it up first. Ah, my mistake then.
I need to remember not to post without verifying it up first.

]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381575 The Overthinker Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:08:03 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381575 No, that's grossly exxagerated. Property rights were still important. However if no one was alive to claim a property, that was a different matter. And the lack of any buildings made it easier for the govt to use Eminement Domain and push a few things through. Nova - Tokyo was never designed from the ground up like, say, Washington DC, but then neither were Paris or London. However Edo was planned, as any glance at an old map will tell you, and the basic grid survives to this day (with various overlays). No, that’s grossly exxagerated. Property rights were still important. However if no one was alive to claim a property, that was a different matter. And the lack of any buildings made it easier for the govt to use Eminement Domain and push a few things through.

Nova – Tokyo was never designed from the ground up like, say, Washington DC, but then neither were Paris or London. However Edo was planned, as any glance at an old map will tell you, and the basic grid survives to this day (with various overlays).

]]> By: helical http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381570 helical Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:18:58 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381570 What I heard was that, after it was bombed to the ground during the war, it was a rush to draw lines in the aftermath, claim it as one's own property, and then build, which all took place before a proper urban plan could be drawn up. What I heard was that, after it was bombed to the ground during the war, it was a rush to draw lines in the aftermath, claim it as one’s own property, and then build, which all took place before a proper urban plan could be drawn up.

]]> By: Nova http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381563 Nova Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:27:35 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381563 My teacher at university told us Tokyo has been build without plans. I guess he was right... My teacher at university told us Tokyo has been build without plans. I guess he was right…

]]> By: The Overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381556 The Overthinker Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:34:40 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381556 That reason makes no sense. It's harder to see closer up? And what about the trees growing in front of it? And the people who don't realise that signal controls that road? (Hell, the road itself is two steps wide--does it really need one in the first place?) That reason makes no sense. It’s harder to see closer up? And what about the trees growing in front of it? And the people who don’t realise that signal controls that road? (Hell, the road itself is two steps wide–does it really need one in the first place?)

]]> By: G http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381545 G Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:14:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381545 Ha, that's pretty funny. I like these sorts of posts detailing the small things like this. Ha, that’s pretty funny. I like these sorts of posts detailing the small things like this.

]]> By: Xacur http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381499 Xacur Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:56:23 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381499 Whaaaaaaaaat??! How come? Whaaaaaaaaat??!
How come?

]]> By: snoop http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/12/odd-pedestrian-crossing/comment-page-1/#comment-381488 snoop Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:52:32 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=13223#comment-381488 eeeeeeeeeeehhhhh ! eeeeeeeeeeehhhhh !

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