Tuesday, August 26, 2008

las colinas

to forget about my diseased computer i decided to make a study trip on Monday. i went to Las Colinas about 20 minutes north west of Dallas. Las Colinas is an edge city that started off as a vision from the rancher/businessman Ben Carpenter in the 1970:s. today the work-live community hosts over 2000 companies and the world headquarters for among many others ExxonMobil and Kimberly-Clark. about 30 000 people lives in Las Colinas and 100 000 people work here.

features include a lake, venetian inspired channels with electrically powered gondolas, channel walk, an elevated shuttle train and a live/work environment.



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