A Recipe For New Urbanism
24 November 2001 - 8:00am
New Urbanism is coming of age.
"Reduce the idea to a formula and it's as simple as this: Put the front porch just a few feet from the sidewalk and build the garage behind the house. Throw in a bustling Main Street teeming with mom-and-pop businesses just blocks away from houses of all shapes and sizes. Round out the mix with schools, churches and maybe a health clinic.Planners call it New Urbanism."
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Developing trend: Here comes the neighborhood
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The Orlando Sentinel, November 23, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.
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