The observation deck won’t be finished for a few years yet. If you want to see the future of New York, walk north along the High Line, round the curve at the rail yards, and turn your back to the river. Amid the highway ramps and industrial hash of far-west Manhattan, a herd of cranes hoists I-beams into the sky. This is Hudson Yards, the largest private real-estate development in United States history and the test ground for the world’s most ambitious experiment in “smart city” urbanism. — Shannon Mattern | Places
Last year, I reviewed Mattern's book Deep Mapping the Media City, in which she delves into some of the issues surrounding so-called "smart cities." Check out the review here.
For more on the implementation of surveillance and other technologies in the city, check out these links:
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Greenwashing + wifi?
Most of these technologies have ready been developed, but the surveillance/control issue seems new. The main question is who will be in control of this data? Probably not you or me.
As for the architecture of Hudson Yards, it looks very stale. Of course your data will tell you how successful these buildings are, or maybe you will just be piggy backing on NYCs vibrant, diverse culture/city life. Try building this in the middle of Wyoming and see who wants to live there, smart tech and all.
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