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EXT: A NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORE
A lively setting: people walking, talking. Store owners chat with customers on the sidewalk.
EXT: A NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORE
20 years later, same location. A lonely street: buildings boarded up or turned into low-rent uses. Few people seen walking around. Generally dismal.
It’s a common theme or scene in so [...]
In the urban planning profession, we talk a lot about the importance of public transit. At any given public presentation or meeting, you’ll hear people talk incessantly about how we need to offer real alternatives to driving, and how all development should make itself either accessible to transit or transit-oriented.
Unfortunately, that’s where a lot [...]
Road construction. Just the thought of it drives most of us a little batty. What route will I take? How much longer will it take me? Can I time it just right so I don’t get stuck? Sadly, for those of us in the field of urban planning, or its related disciplines, road construction is [...]
