Category Archives: Repairing Sprawl
🇫🇷 CREATING FRENCH STREETS
A bit dilapidated section of rue Pierre Timbaud in Gennevilliers (Paris area) was transformed to mixed use buildings in historism style.
Going Down the Rabbit Hole of Sprawl Repair (Strong Towns)
It’s very easy to get caught up in beautiful renderings but the truth is, most of suburbia is beyond repair. We must make strategic investments in the places that have the best chance for success.https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/3/24/going-down-the-rabbit-hole-of-sprawl-repairÂ
Creating a downtown where none existed before | Build a Better Burb
Imagine a university town without a downtown. This was the case in Storrs, Connecticut, home to UConn, the state’s flagship university. Having no downtown made it hard to recruit students and staff, but even worse, there was no central gathering … Continue reading
Unicorp to demo Fashion Square Mall – bungalower
Sprawl Repair: What It Is and Why We Need It – Features | Planetizen
“Sprawl repair should be pursued using a comprehensive method based on urban design, regulation, and strategies for funding and incentives – the same instruments that made sprawl the prevalent form of development, says Galina Tachieva, director of town planning at … Continue reading
10min Walk from Riverfront Park
#Rockledge Mall is a 10min walk from Cocoa Village’s Riverfront Park. A walkable Village Center there would contribute to this great nbhd. https://twitter.com/walkablebrevard/status/919264919475892224
SmartCode!
Create walkable village centers using the #SmartCode https://www.smartcodecentral.com https://twitter.com/walkablebrevard/status/918645185604669447
Extension of Cocoa Village
I would view a Village Center at Rockledge Mall (old Sears plaza) as an extension of Cocoa Village and follow a similar style. #Rockledge https://twitter.com/walkablebrevard/status/918152136910917633
Redeveloping a Parking Lot
We could use a similar approach on any of these three sites. Divide the large parking lot into small, traditional blocks. #Brevard https://twitter.com/walkablebrevard/status/917522591144923136
Lots of Room
Lots of room to do something wonderful here to create an attractive center of activity for this area! #Walkable #Rockledge https://twitter.com/walkablebrevard/status/917017725406470144
Walkable Brevard 