Rural-Urban Fringe

Seems like the only things new on this street are the cars and the street itself. Remove these cars and voila we could film a horror movie here. I'm all for urban rooftops and greener cities and reducing climate change, in fact my school, Success Laventille Secondary, did a Royal Bank Young Leaders Project on it last year, 2012; but this takes on a new meaning. There are vines growing on the building and what seems to be a tree: occurring naturally! Yes this scene is taken out of movie that has not been scripted or created, its location Nelson Street. The picture above is Nelson as well: Nelson Exchange an exchange for the Telecommunications Service of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) located on Edward Street, Port of Spain. So this an exchange office, guess we are not really that developed if a office of this stature looks like that. I think it should be exchanged to Nelson Street, birds of the same feather flock together! What is ironical is that Nelson Street is really residential based and maybe is the reason for its conditioning but office is in the heart of town but not maintained well. Maybe the inside is where all the money is spent to upgrade.

Nick Gallent, 2006 states on the topic of rural-urban fringe that it is generally seen as a problem in planning. The views of aesthetics are challenging. this maybe solved by education and re-evaluation. Nelson is part of the city but because of its function of residency it can be considered "slums" and not really part of the "city." With this point in mind I propose the concept of Rural-urban fringe where Nelson Street acts as rural. With this concept, it may explain why development is stagnated here. Even gentrification is not present here and one can assume it is not considered part of the city.

For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against west, urban versus rural, region against region, and people against people will have no place in my Administration.

Edward G Rendell quote

This quote suggests where power lies and how this power creates divides amongst classes, areas and regions. this inevitably leads to divides in development.