In The Image of the City, Lynch discusses the meaning of “image” and how its interpreted as a cognitive map. He defines it as graphic snapshot of an urban structure. Lynch explains, the premise for reshaping what surrounds us is visual education in the image development process. This is the main condition for which an audience can be made, and in turn, for which an urban system can be manipulated, developed and analyzed. Lynch expands by saying that having the ability to visualize a clear mental map is the framework for communication and conceptual organization. Moreover, it gives people an important sense of emotional security for the looming fear of disorientation. “In the process of way-finding, the strategic link is the environmental image,
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Coney island structure is interlocked with the neighborhoods culture: “the need for pleasure dominates…step up production of pleasure generates its own instruments.” Koolhaas accurately describes the island as a “clitoral appendage at the mouth of New York Harbor”, “the incubator for Manhattan’s incipient themes and infant mythology” and “a fetal Manhattan” (30,31). Coney Island enticed commuters from the city “to live inside a fantasy” with its untouched, natural beaches, providing an escape from the growing metropolis. Its an artificial world built for those who can’t go out and experience it firsthand, he notes: …show more content…
Its full of life, its walkways filled with people of various ages and a diverse array of foliage. The High Line is slower moving and serene. Couples are holding hands walking down the path and people are sitting on the benches reading, relaxing, and enjoying all this nature surrounding them. From the vantage points atop the High Line, one is as likely to see a sunset on the Hudson River and a speedy alleyway. When you walk on the High Line, although you are in this big city, you’re transported far from it. You no longer have to worry about being trampled over by a crowd of people walking towards you or getting lost in a never-ending metropolis. It’s as if you had entered a part of New York City that is ideal and
Coney island structure is interlocked with the neighborhoods culture: “the need for pleasure dominates…step up production of pleasure generates its own instruments.” Koolhaas accurately describes the island as a “clitoral appendage at the mouth of New York Harbor”, “the incubator for Manhattan’s incipient themes and infant mythology” and “a fetal Manhattan” (30,31). Coney Island enticed commuters from the city “to live inside a fantasy” with its untouched, natural beaches, providing an escape from the growing metropolis. Its an artificial world built for those who can’t go out and experience it firsthand, he notes: …show more content…
Its full of life, its walkways filled with people of various ages and a diverse array of foliage. The High Line is slower moving and serene. Couples are holding hands walking down the path and people are sitting on the benches reading, relaxing, and enjoying all this nature surrounding them. From the vantage points atop the High Line, one is as likely to see a sunset on the Hudson River and a speedy alleyway. When you walk on the High Line, although you are in this big city, you’re transported far from it. You no longer have to worry about being trampled over by a crowd of people walking towards you or getting lost in a never-ending metropolis. It’s as if you had entered a part of New York City that is ideal and