[HN Gopher] John Reber: The Man Who Helped Save the Bay by Tryin...
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       John Reber: The Man Who Helped Save the Bay by Trying to Destroy It
       (2014)
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-06-03 02:15 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | mistrial9 wrote:
       | decades later, an Urban Planner and real-estate developer named
       | Peter Calthorpe in Berkeley, would propose more infill with
       | different endpoints. That plan was very publicly denounced by
       | Save the Bay, and a battle of the blowhards ensued, with the
       | loser (Calthorpe) retreating to design eco-cities in China, and
       | the Bay once again escaping further pavement.
        
       | mjg59 wrote:
       | If you're in the bay area, the Bay Model in Sausalito is a
       | surprisingly interesting visit. It's a giant scale model of the
       | entire bay area (accurate in two dimensions, compressed in
       | height) with water pumped in and out repeatedly to simulate the
       | tidal cycle and river flow. It was originally used to demonstrate
       | that the Reber plan was flawed (computational modelling at the
       | time was just not feasible), but if you look closely near SFO you
       | can also see attachment lugs that look like they were used to
       | examine the impact of runway extensions into the bay. It's
       | probably not worth the trip into Sausalito on its own, but
       | there's a bunch of background material on display that
       | contextualises it well, and you can easily kill a couple of hours
       | there.
        
         | viewtransform wrote:
         | This giant model stopped a terrible plan
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw
        
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