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2000 AD => News => Topic started by: Tarantino on 26 May, 2003, 04:35:23 PM

Title: Mega Cities in The Sun
Post by: Tarantino on 26 May, 2003, 04:35:23 PM
Hi Guys, I thought you might be interested in this. I was just reading a copy of The Sun today and notched up another prediction for 2000AD. Apparently one of Britain's top architects is predicting that we'll all be living in huge tower blocks that will be cities within themselves. They'll have schools, cinemas, shopping malls; they would even have parks complete with grass and tress. These huge tower blocks would be over 2,600 foot tall and house up to 55,000 people, with it's own security force.

Now I can't remember which prog but I seem to remember an idea like this being touted in 2000AD!
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun...
Post by: Proudhuff on 26 May, 2003, 04:38:14 PM
 yeah and flying cars!! and cities on the moon and all our clothes will fasten with velcro and be made of bacofoil,

Sorry got carried away there :-)

Huffy
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun......
Post by: moly on 26 May, 2003, 07:37:57 PM
sounds cool, would'nt want to live there myself though
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun.........
Post by: James on 26 May, 2003, 11:19:15 PM
Now I can't remember which prog but I seem to remember an idea like this being touted in 2000AD!

How about every Judge Dredd story?

Sorry, feeling cynical again today, that's what working a bank holiday does for you.
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun...
Post by: karne on 26 May, 2003, 11:36:46 PM
Hello there I'm karne's postie and obviously not karne because he's in the Big Brother thread and forbidden to communicate with anyone other than his threadmates (e-mails are a way round this).

He asked me to tell you before he went into the thread, that the story you're after is Citi-block parts 1 and 2 which appeared in progs 117 and 118. Sorry for the delay, but that's the state of the postal service for you these days.
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun......
Post by: Devons Daddy on 28 May, 2003, 12:03:46 PM
WAAAYYYY AHEAD of you down here in singapore.

they biult it two years ago. the lastest being sengkang compass point.
800 apartments, swimming pool,gym , health centre etc,
above a shopping mall,next to the school with a residents park on the roof,subway station in the basement and police post on site.school atached by underground subway and medical clinics within the mall.
libray as standard in all singapore malls above a certain size.
food courts(multi outlet food service cafes with shared seating)
bus station attached by air condionted moving walk way.
welcome to the present.

newest block development on track?
52 storys high with mall at base.being built by Far East Land.
expected thats 1248 apartments with an average of five people per unit or about 6000 residents.

it not so far off mate. and we got the sunshine!
Title: Re: Mega Cities in The Sun.........
Post by: Smiley on 28 May, 2003, 12:18:08 PM
But is it going to be named after Jimmy Clitheroe?