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Alleys Making A Comeback, New Urbanist Style

Posted by: Brenda Meyer
Thanks to: Brenda Meyer
16 June 2005 - 7:00am

Several Phoenix citiess are integrating alleys as part of redesigning retail and neighborhood communities.

"Arizona's return to traditional neighborhoods follows a New Urbanism trend that has spread over the past two decades. It includes communities like Seaside, Fla.; Kentlands, Md.; Daybreak, Utah; and Laguna West, Calif. Each community has tried to create a small-town environment that fosters neighborliness and overcomes the sterility and repetitive blandness of cul-de-sac suburbia."

Full Story: New Valley alleys are the cat's meow
Source: The Arizona Republic, June 15, 2005
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