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Pools and Streams

Opening context: Sacred Sites, Access to Water, Neighborhood Boundary, Quiet Backs, Pedestrian Street

Conflict

We came from the water; our bodies are largely water; and water plays a fundamental roles in our psychology. We need constant access to water, all around us; and we can not have it without reverence for water in all its forms. But everywhere in cities water is out of reach.

Resolution

Preserve natural pools and streams and allow them to run through the city; make paths for people to walk along them and footbridges to cross them. Let the streams form natural barriers in the city, with traffic crossing them only infrequently on bridges.

Whenever possible, collect rainwater in open gutters and allow it to flow above ground, along pedestrian paths and in front of houses. In places without natural running water, create fountains in the streets.

Closing context:
Still Water, Promenade, Holy Ground, Arcades