High School Teams Study Urban Planning

6 February 2003 - 1:00pm

Fifteen hours ago, they thought a footprint came from a tennis shoe and now they are talking about density...

"More than a dozen students separated into three teams to create three proposals. The project was to redevelop a 51/2-block section of the fictional Yorktown. Their goal is to win a contract from the city to redevelop the site. More than a dozen students separated into three teams to create three proposals. The project was to redevelop a 51/2-block section of the fictional Yorktown. Their goal is to win a contract from the city to redevelop the site."

Source: The Oakland Tribune, January 18, 2003
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.