The New Mixed-Use

"As developers combine retailing with residential in cities, the resulting buildings hardly resemble 'lifestyle villages,' those glorified shopping malls sprouting up in suburbs with condos stacked atop modest-size Pottery Barns and Crate & Barrels, all arrayed around a pretend town square.The new buildings are more like living above a Macy's or a Bloomingdale's. The Time Warner building at Columbus Circle in New York allows residents to shop at a gargantuan basement-level Whole Foods for a little extra fleur verte — which beats heading downstairs to a cramped Gristedes."

Thanks to David Garber