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August 3, 2004
Merholz on Paths at Berkeley
Posted by Clay Shirky
Great post from Peter Merholz, by way of Ross, on the way pedestrians in the aggregate work out where the paths should be on the grounds of UC Berkeley. This “they built the quad but didn’t lay the sidewalks” story has been an urban legend for years, its great to see someone documenting it, and making such an important point about the aggregate intelligence of your users in the process:
For some reason, Berkeley would rather spend it’s money reinforcing it’s poor landscape architecture with barriers and re-sodding, then recognizing that the paths suggest a valuable will of the people.
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