Comments for Designing Planned Spaces http://patrix.wordpress.com Thoughts on Urban Planning and Design Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on 200 Acres of Open Space for Mumbai by Vikram Iyengar http://patrix.wordpress.com/2005/10/18/200-acres-of-open-space-for-mumbai/#comment-2 Vikram Iyengar Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:56:52 +0000 http://patrix.wordpress.com/2005/10/18/200-acres-of-open-space-for-mumbai/#comment-2 Speaking of affordable housing reminds of the the Stretch between Panvel and Pune. I have always been wondering whats going on there. Maybe you could cover that!! Speaking of affordable housing reminds of the the Stretch between Panvel and Pune. I have always been wondering whats going on there. Maybe you could cover that!!

]]> Comment on Revitalizing Mumbai – The Mill Land issue by Designing Planned Spaces » 200 Acres of Open Space for Mumbai http://patrix.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/revitalizing-mumbai-%e2%80%93-the-mill-land-issue/#comment-1 Designing Planned Spaces » 200 Acres of Open Space for Mumbai Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:50:14 +0000 http://patrix.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/revitalizing-mumbai-%e2%80%93-the-mill-land-issue/#comment-1 [...] It has to be more than simple coincidence when a post that I wrote yesterday regarding mill land redevelopment had pertinent news in the media today. I had emphasized for a greater allocation of public space and a fresh look at the way land was allotted to Matoshree Realty. In a stunning reversal of fortunes for the mill land owners and developers, the Mumbai High Court decreed that almost one-third of the mill land will be reserved for open space, thus granting the city the provision of a breathing space. As the DNA article aptly puts it, Mumbai’s lungs have expanded by almost 200 acres and in land-crunched Mumbai that indeed is a largesse. [...] [...] It has to be more than simple coincidence when a post that I wrote yesterday regarding mill land redevelopment had pertinent news in the media today. I had emphasized for a greater allocation of public space and a fresh look at the way land was allotted to Matoshree Realty. In a stunning reversal of fortunes for the mill land owners and developers, the Mumbai High Court decreed that almost one-third of the mill land will be reserved for open space, thus granting the city the provision of a breathing space. As the DNA article aptly puts it, Mumbai’s lungs have expanded by almost 200 acres and in land-crunched Mumbai that indeed is a largesse. [...]

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