One of the best features of a typical urban stone or brick building is that it’s adaptable. A former clothing store can become a bank, or apartments, or offices. But what about parking garages? Can an underused parking garage be adapted to other uses in the future, or are we stuck with having to tear [...]
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Apocalyptic parking
by Jon Swerens on April 30, 2008, in Downtown, Urbanism
There’s plenty to say about Parkview Hospital’s expansion up north and contraction on State Boulevard, but first, I wanted to address another angle of the proposed Shoppes on Broadway (sits plan shown above). Why do all new retail developments look like suburban strip malls? Why is the parking lot almost twice as large as the [...]
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