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Rethinking Flyovers: culture and design
Dr Steve Millington Manchester Metropolitan University
January 2012
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I gazed down at this immense motion
sculpture, whose deck seemed almost
higher than the balcony rail against which I
leaned. I began to orientate myself again
around its reassuring bulk, its familiar
perspectives of speed, purpose and
direction (Ballard, Crash 1995: 48)
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Flyover, Flyover
Sing! Flyover, Flyover
Chance! Flyover, Flyover
Step on the gas get down in the accelerator,
Sing! Flyover, Flyover
Don't wanna get back don't wanna get
captured,
Chance! Flyover, Flyover
Step on the gas get down in the accelerator,
Sing! Flyover, Flyover
Flyover
Asian Dub Foundation
From the 2005 album Tank
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http://www.granterskinearchitects.com/page_tesseract_competition.html
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RECLAIM THE STREETS Ruhr Valley, 2010
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New York
The Highline Park
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LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL
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LYON FÊTE DES LUMIÈRES
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FREEMONT STREET, LAS VEGAS
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CLEVELAND INNER-BELT PROJECT
http://www.gcbl.org/planning/innerbelt/urban-design-land-development-and-the-innerbelt/aesthetics-of-innerbelt-plan
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MY TURN, SIMON CRUBELLIER http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon-crubellier/
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Westway
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WESTWAY, URBAN EYE http://www.urbaneye.org.uk/pages/showcase_acklam.htm
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SAN ANTONIO http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?p=406175
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KRALINGEN-CROOSWIJK UNDERPASS, ROTTERDAM
http://www.enterthemothership.com/index.php?mact=Album,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01albumid=261&cntnt01returnid=76&hl=usa
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LENI SCHWENDINGER LIGHT PROJECTS
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Kingston Bridge, Glasgow
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Rhode Island
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Times Square Port Authority underpass concept
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JACK LACEY / CORBIS http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/42-18627662.html
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Festive Freeway Underpass, Birmingham
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DEVIANT ART http://d0ub7.deviantart.com/art/in-a-h-u-r-r-y-4178862
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In a Hurry
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http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/vagverket/
http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/stockholms-stad-trafikkontoret-belysning/
http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/partillebo-ab/
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GUERRILLA LIGHTING http://guerrillalighting.net/gallery/manchester-november-2006/
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EARTH HOUR – THE POWER OF DARKNESS
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Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
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Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/