In message , Guy Bentham
writes

Here's a bit from Worpole's article:

Based on extensive research into pedestrian activity in and around a number
of key sites in the city, Gehl concluded that: "London has not been designed
with recreation in mind

He's done "extensive research" and didn't even get so far as discovering
that London was *not* designed? Sheez!

and it is noticeable that there are few children or
elderly people using the streets."

And furthermore he didn't even discover that there are few residents in
the city? - hence few schools, few children, etc.

The report goes on to say "results from Regent Street and Tottenham
Court Road show that approximately 96% of all pedestrians are between
the ages of 15 and 64". Brilliant! Shame he didn't also spot that they
are mostly tourists and workers.

You never see any children on London
streets -- what have done with them all?"

Is this man a Grant Artist by trade? has he actually seen London (in its
wider sense)?

The executive summary of Gehl's report is at

http://www.gehlarchitects.dk/html/pr...1_Executive_Su
mmary.pdf

I think we should demand to know how much of Londoner's Council Tax has
been spent on these four pages of nonsense (there are 10 pages, but more
than half of them are photos and a map).

--
Paul Terry