Post by Steven Dale
We here at The Gondola Project love the Chinese Tunnel Bus™. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving.
So when this came along, we practically fell out of our seats:
Architect Craig Hodgetts' Chinese Tunnel Bus concept dating from a 1969 edition of New York Magazine. Image via Curbed LA.
Turns out the idea behind the bus was dreamt-up 40 years ago by American architect Craig Hodgetts. And while some of the particulars are different (Craig’s bus floated on a bed of air), the basic concept is virtually identical. According to Dakota Smith of Curbed LA, Mr. Hodgetts is “glad his old idea is getting exposure.”
An image from the original article in New York Magazine. Image via Curbed LA.
40 years later, it's still a death trap.
Read the original New York Magazine article via Google Books here.
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