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Originally Posted by Steve
Just out of curiousity: of those of you opposing Speck's suggestions, how many major urban centers have you visited outside of Oklahoma? Have you read Speck's book, "Suburban Nation," or any other books about urban design? How much of your opinion is based on what you've always known and experienced here in Oklahoma City?
In other words, I have to ask: how do you know it's not broken if you've not seen it functioning properly?
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I've read
Suburban Nation and have a good idea of his urban ideas. To be honest, his thoughts on downtown OKC are interesting, but I would be more interested in knowing his thoughts on the possibility of New Urbanist design and developments in Oklahoma City. I posted in another thread about
Legacy in Plano and think something like that would be incredibly enticing to a lot of people around here. He is, of course, a major proponent of these kinds of developments.