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Design Perspectives By Clair Enlow |
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February 18, 2015
Design Perspectives -- Urban villages: What's working, what's not
By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Cities are full of big problems, but villages are easy to love.
So how about “urban villages?” That's the name of a planning strategy for channeling housing and jobs into existing commercial centers that are walkable and served by transit. It's a no-brainer.
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