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Vivid and memorable images help city dwellers understand and use an environment with more ease and appreciation. This WebScout is to encourage you to take your family on frequent excursions not only to “see the sights” but to form mental maps that increase awareness of the way the city works.
The links give online background about places that you might visit to gain memorable images and increased understanding of this fascinating metropolitican area.
Urban planner Kevin Lynch (see The Image of the City, Cambridge: MIT Press) suggested that individuals form mental maps of urban areas based on at least five key elements: edges, districts, paths, nodes and landmarks. The following makes use of the concepts to organize the maps and other information provided.
EDGES
“Edges” are the perceived boundaries that join or separate one region from another such as walls, buildings, hills, rivers and shorelines. Lima edges include the foothills of the Andes and the ocean shoreline. Settlement has been historically within the half-moon shaped area between the foothills and the bay from Callao to Chorrillos. Only in the last fifty years has settlement spilled into adjacent areas that are expected to expand until the metropolitan area reaches Barranca and Ica. http://www.lima2000.com.pe/turlim2000.htm
Also, for a view of aridity of coast http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~7~7~41748~145592:Peruvian-Arid-Coast-and-Agriculture (click on download to open)
Views from the Moro Solar de Chorrillos of oceanfront http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/blPerupixChorrillos.htm
DISTRICTS
“Districts” are relatively large sections of the city that help define the broader structure of a city. In the case of Lima, districts are political entities. See province map http://www.limaeasy.com/maps/lima_districts.php and/or http://www.lima2000.com.pe/ind.htm
PATHS
“Paths” include the highways, avenues, streets, sidewalks, trails, and other channels in which people travel. Many major paths in Lima lead to downtown Lima and connect to the ocean front….sort of like bicycle spokes heading out from the two principal plazas.
Searchable map and satellite views Lima http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_Lima.htm
Map of Center of Lima http://www.enjoyperu.com/peru_travel_tours_information/peru_travel_destinations/peru_lima/lima-map.html
Views from Cerro San Cristobal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYOVsaqOxc
Circuito de Playas Costa Verde
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/16980394
NODES
“Nodes” are focal points, intersections, frequent destinations or gathering places. These are places within a city in which individuals carry out activities with such frequency that the sites become “markers” for many people. Examples in Lima are plazas, parks, shopping and financial centers, beaches.
Downtown Lima
Plazas
Churches http://www.limaeasy.com/culture/churches_lima.php
Museums http://www.limaeasy.com/culture/museums_lima.php
Port of Callao http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callao_Region
Plaza Grau Callao Images
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9G_bI9eI2tLM2EA7aWJzbkF?p=Plaza+Grau+Callao+&fr=slv8-tyc7&ei=utf-8&x=wrt&y=Search
Real San Felipe Callao http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Felipe_Fortress
Satellite photo http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=-12.061942,-77.147659&spn=0.006704,0.009978&om=1
Parks and Gardens http://www.limaeasy.com/fun_in_lima/have_fun_in_lima_parks.php
Shopping Malls
http://www.livinginperu.com/dir/shopping/shopping-centers
Financial District San Isidro
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafox/4313750794/in/pool-1313914@N22
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13182609@N05/3793883508/
Beaches
http://www.go2peru.com/webapp/ilatintravel/articulo.jsp?cod=1998848
LANDMARKS
“Landmarks” include readily identifiable objects that serve as reference points. These are frequently physical structures such as a building, monument, sign, geographic feature.
Balconies http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lima_balconies
Plaza Mayor buildings and monuments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor,_Lima
Puente de los Suspiros Barranco
http://www.barranco.net/turismo-ocio/el-puente-de-los-suspiros.htm
Islas San Lorenzo, el Frontón y Palominos
http://www.gmcweb.net/todocallao/islas.htm
Faro de Miraflores http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1028126
Huacas http://www.limaeasy.com/culture/huacas_in_lima.php
Monuments to Bolivar, San Martín, Manco Capac, Ugarte, Bolognesi,
http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Politics_in_Sculpture_and_Monuments |
