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Changing Tune on Density

Posted by: Tim Halbur

15 July 2009 - 1:00pm

Back in 1971, Alvin Duskin mounted an all-out campaign to limit buildings in San Francisco to 72 feet. Today, he is one of many Bay Area activists reconsidering density.

"We really didn't understand the consequences of mindless suburban sprawl," he says now. "The environmental and psychological damage of spreading out like that is so severe ... the problem for planners is to raise the city's density without creating a destructive environment. We need cities for people, not cars."

Full Story: 1971 high-rise hater Duskin still standing tall
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, July 14, 2009
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If hundreds of people in your community raised reasonable concerns about a planning program you developed, how would you respond? Perhaps you might call a community meeting, or ask community elected officials to reach out to community leaders.
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