Posted on May 25, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
I suspected that city parks, with their meticulous planning and careful attentions to the pathways and travel habits of humans, would have the art of paved surfaces down perfectly. But I soon discovered with this exercise in searching for desire lines, that even well-designed inner-city recreational areas are great places to find evidence of [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2008 by sunshineflowerbunny
Unsucessful attempts yesterday to locate some interesting desire lines led me to do just a little more exploration with regards to their description and popular definition. According to the folks at wikipedia, a desire line is a path developed by erosion caused by animal or human footprint. The entry describes the path as [...]
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