While I was in Beijing we went to have a look at the birds nest stadium. What I found most interesting about it was that although it is now one of Beijing's top tourist attractions the only way to see it is from the side of the nearest motorway.
As no one can offically stop there you get dropped off while your bus driver does a couple of laps of the block to come and pick you up again with the speed of exit like an army lift. It just seems strange that no-one has really considered the viewing part of it as an attraction.
It's the exact same problem that David Rockwell solved at ground zero with a bit of common sence and a lot of determination (see his talk at TED here for more on this).
For me it all come back to this.
People are inherently nosey, they want to see the process as aswell as the finnished product. Sometimes the process even more. So why not just accomodate this in everyones favour?
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There was even a bit on the news about the birds net last night filmed from the exact same hard shoulder where I was stood. Oh how I laughed.
Plus this guy has had a similar observation.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nambo/2094762895/
Posted by: ted at innocent | February 15, 2008 at 05:31 PM