Archinect - News2024-12-23T12:48:57-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/104937987/medell-n-made-urban-escalators-famous-but-have-they-had-any-impact
Medellín made urban escalators famous, but have they had any impact? Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2014-07-24T12:50:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/62/62201c98423eac9c80c955cd686936d1?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Medellín has gained much attention for its urban transformation — and the escalators, which won several international prizes for innovation, make up one of the most striking projects. [...]
But are the escalators making any real economic or social impact in the neighborhood? To find out, I spent three months in Medellín talking with people in Comuna 13 about what has and hasn’t changed here.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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