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There is a worldwide network of unauthorized skateparks built underneath highway overpasses because these urban spaces are so polluted and unpleasant that city governments tolerate unpermitted construction that displaces drug dealers and other criminal behavior.

Push The Needle@pushtheneedle.bsky.social

I don’t think city planners and architects understand cities at all if they can illustrate this type of graphic without asking the question of why that space isn’t used? Freeways are loud, unpleasant gashes in cities and the only way to create this level of vibrancy is to remove them

8/10/26, 11:58 pm16 reposts207 likes

iolando spinola

@ispinola.bsky.social

This is Lynch Family Skatepark in Cambridge, Massachusetts at North Point Park, beneath the ramps of the Zakim Bridge and next to the North Bank pedestrian bridge. I’ve also seen basketball courts underneath these highway overpasses (specifically in Vancouver Canada).