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| Aerial View of Wrightson Road and the western and northern sides of Port of Spain. |
This
is my city, urban I think it is, unplanned it might be.
This
is my city here in sweet T & T.
It
might not be what the first world wants it to be
But
this is my city; there is everything here that I need.
The shape and form of a city is termed
its morphology. The morphology of the city is influenced by the socio- economic
activities that occur there. From the
photograph, you can actually see the different zones to which the city is
divided into. You can see that the city has a multiple use function whereby there
is commercial, industrial, housing and entertainment all crammed into one
place. Further away closer to the Northern Range, you see aspects of Corbusier’s
Radial city, whereby there are high income apartment buildings located in the
suburban areas. Major transportation networks can also be noted in the
photograph which allows for easy access into and out of the city (if there is
no traffic of course).
If it had to characterized, I would say
that Port of Spain relates solely to Jane Jacob’s Principle of Good Neighborhoods.
The city has mixed use with different functions; mixed blocks with different
buildings of different ages and conditions; streets with short blocks and numerous
corners and a somewhat dense concentration of people making it a place that
would have advantageous social interactions which are not present in many
cities and suburbs today. This could also be due to the culture of our people
spanning from the "old time days"where everyone held close social relations
with each other.
In comparison to more developed cities
of the world, Trinidad and Tobago is different in its morphology or form and it
has obtained this form overtime. The design allows for social interaction, cohesion
and congruence of cultures, an aspect that is absent in many developed cities
of the world.
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