http://blog.vornaskotti.com/2009/01/31/light-urban-exploration-swimming-nerding-around/ Eadem mutata resurgo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:24:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.vornaskotti.com/2009/01/31/light-urban-exploration-swimming-nerding-around/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Exploring Kalasatama & Trying Out Xbox Kinect : Vornasblogi Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:14:06 +0000 http://blog.vornaskotti.com/?p=285#comment-1252 [...] Last year I went to check out a large freight harbour that was being torn down, and my idea last Saturday was to go and check what was happening in there nowadays. Turns out I was in for a positive surprise. The area is called Kalasatama, “the fish harbour”, and it’s the site for one of the biggest urban renovations that has hit Helsinki in a century. They tore down the dock and soon they will start filling the area with both offices and residential buildings. What was a huge surprise for me was that the area wasn’t closed for the public, but instead the city had done the most sensible thing they could, which was to declare the site a public recreational area. Moreover, they hadn’t done much of anything for it, just left it as urban wasteland and opened it for people to use as they see fit. [...] [...] Last year I went to check out a large freight harbour that was being torn down, and my idea last Saturday was to go and check what was happening in there nowadays. Turns out I was in for a positive surprise. The area is called Kalasatama, “the fish harbour”, and it’s the site for one of the biggest urban renovations that has hit Helsinki in a century. They tore down the dock and soon they will start filling the area with both offices and residential buildings. What was a huge surprise for me was that the area wasn’t closed for the public, but instead the city had done the most sensible thing they could, which was to declare the site a public recreational area. Moreover, they hadn’t done much of anything for it, just left it as urban wasteland and opened it for people to use as they see fit. [...]

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