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Here’s a before-and-after-and-after of the Catharijnesingel by @[email protected] (from X, which I won’t link to).
Now I understand! So the canal was covered up with a highway, water was just going beneath it (Edit: I read it appears to have been drained when the highway was constructed). Removing the highway just uncapped it again.
I can’t believe someone would ctually do this, so awesome!
they just ctrl z
Cool comparison, but it’s worth pointing out that the second picture is taken from the bridge that you can see in the first picture. So those big buildings you see on the left in the first picture didn’t just disappear, they’re just moved out of the shot.
I don’t think the problem are the buildings but the car infrastructure.
That’s why I said it’s still a cool comparison. But cropping out the buildings and focusing more on the trees exaggerates the change a bit and makes it seem as if the entire area has been given back to the wilderness.
It must be great living in a sane country.
That’s literally unbelievable
The paradox that arises from the tension between the literal truth of something and the disbelief it inspires compels me to contemplate the consequences of having to wonder what yesterday’s prediction about tomorrow will be.
The last picture still looks quite shitty. Not even grass wants to live there and doesn’t look like a nice spot to chill.
Still, huge improvement in noise and stank.
The grass and vegetation is lush, it’s just unmowed, the second picture shows foot traffic wear (which I’d wager comes from people getting on/off a canal boat there)
The grass is left to do its thing along with the native flowers and plants so bees have a nice space to chill
It’s actually really lush all through Utrecht until you get into the old city which is mostly cobblestone
It’s in the middle of summer and 2022 was pretty dry.
Show me your water waste free summer grass.