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Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or ...
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Emily Hunt
@emily.space
I put "trams" as one of my interests on my name badge at #atmosphereconf as a joke, but this before/after of Utrecht in the Netherlands is why...
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or filled in for highways
Pic of Utrecht from 1982 to now
ALT
12:41 PM · Mar 30, 2026
@emily.space
I put "trams" as one of my interests on my name badge at #atmosphereconf as a joke, but this before/after of Utrecht in the Netherlands is why...
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or filled in for highways
Pic of Utrecht from 1982 to now
ALT
12:41 PM · Mar 30, 2026
I put "trams" as one of my interests on my name badge at #atmosphereconf as a joke, but this before/after of Utrecht in the Netherlands is why...
— Emily Hunt (@emily.space) 2026-03-30T16:41:35.824Z
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or filled in for highways