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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City may allow downtown to look like downtown
by Jon Swerens on April 29, 2008, in Downtown, Urbanism
This is great news: Revamp of zoning in works — City wants to ease the rules for downtown development The city hopes to rezone much of the downtown into this district, or a slightly less dense variation, and away from other commercial and industrial zoning. The rules are more conducive to a downtown, (city planner [...]
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