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In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, p
In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, p
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2022-04-20
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In early June seven performers danced among 1080 fountains to mark the opening of a new public space in London Granary Square, part of the redevelopment around King’s Cross Station, sits in front of the new premises of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. The building and the square gracefully update the area’s industrial heritage-, ancient brick contrasts thrillingly with soaring glass; wide stone steps lead from the square down to the Regent’s Canal, where barges once travelled. Trees, benches, food stalls and performances welcome passers-by. It is the best example yet of London’s improving public spaces.
In 2014 Jan Gehl, a Danish urban designer whose Life between Buildings is the textbook on public space, produced a report on London. It was unflattering, calling London a city "where car is king" and many great public spaces, including Trafalgar Square, had become mere roundabouts. It was also influential.
Institutional, as well as intellectual, change helped. In 2010 London got an elected mayor—the first time the whole sprawling city had a single official to think about its wellbeing. Economic shifts also encouraged civic improvement. As people gained more leisure time, tourism was becoming more important to London’s economy. Cities that are pleasant to wander in attract more tourists. Decent public space became an economic necessity.
Ken Livingstone, London’s first mayor, partially pedestrianised Trafalgar Square. It was decided that the" fourth plinth"—the only one without a historical grandee on it—should display temporary, contemporary art. He also introduced a congestion charge on cars entering the city centre, which reduced traffic. Some of the extra road space created was used to widen pavements. The next mayor, Boris Johnson, created a nearly free cycle bank to encourage people to abandon their cars.
The private sector, meanwhile, had cottoned on to the fact that pleasant public space is profitable. Sir Stuart Lipton, a developer, started it with Broadgate, a circular shopping and meeting venue in the city. Others followed. Monmouth Street in Covent Garden became a model, as a brick-paved lane free of ugly street furniture, where welcoming seats outside attractive shops and cafes tempt people to hang around and offload their cash. "Developers constantly ask us to do something like Monmouth Street," says Lucy Musgrave, founder of Publica, which advises clients on creating public spaces.
A suitable title for this text could be________.
选项
A、How to Make Urban Design
B、Jan Gehl’s Influence on City Design
C、The Contribution Made by Two Mayors to London
D、New Concepts in Improving London’s Public Space
答案
D
解析
本题是主旨题。本文主要阐述了伦敦公共活动空间的变化及原因。首段通过描述伦教新建的谷仓广场提出了文章的主题,即伦敦公共空间的改善;第二段通过丹麦设计师的报告,指出伦敦公共空间的不足之处;第三段指出了体制和思维上的改变导致了伦敦公共空间的改善;第四五段指出英政府、商业界在改善城市空间方面的做法以及对城市建设的影响。 D项最具有概括性,包含公共活动空间改善的原因和结果,故答案选D。A项属于无中生有;B项说出了盖尔的设计观念对城市建筑的作用,但没有强调本文所关注的重点,即伦敦公共空间的建设;C项指出了两位市长的贡献,但也只是伦敦建设得以改善的部分原因,不能涵盖全文。故均排除。
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