Urbanism In A Big Box
Madison's Urban Design Commission makes a surprising recommendation.
"In a big surprise, the city's Urban Design Commission recommended that all retail developments larger than 40,000 square feet - single big-box stores or multiple-store projects - have a second story to create a more urban setting...The recommendations, described as both a step toward urbanism on the city's outskirts and risky overregulation, will be considered by the Plan Commission and the City Council later this month."
[Source publication link appears to be down at this time. Please check back later. - Editor Sep 3, 10:20 PDT]
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
Full Story:
Published on Thursday, September 2, 2004 in
Topics
- Report: No City or State in the U.S. Has Enough Housing for Low-Income Residents
- Scooter Media Brief: Safety, Security, and Business Models Raise Concerns
- The New New Protected Bike Lane
- Review: The Hudson Yards Mega-Development, Open to the Public Today
- Proposed Mega-Development Would Expand Chicago's Skyline
- 3D Printing Affordable Housing at Scale
- Editorial: Raise Height Limits to San Jose's Proper Stature
- It Takes a Fatality to Remove On-Street Parking
- Five Years of 100 Resilient Cities
- Where Gas Taxes Only Serve the Needs of More Sprawl
- A 'Walk in the Park' Needs a 'Walk to the Park'
- Bike Share Could Help Increase Transit Ridership
- L.A.'s Plan for Vermont Ave: BRT in 2024, Rail in 2067
- Seattle Give Final Approval to 27 Upzones
- Recycling Is Cancelled
- Trump Official Done with a Month-Long Stay in New York Public Housing
- Density Increases Near Transit Station in D.C. But Ridership Does Not
- 'Urban Luxury' Housing Skyrockets in Texas and Beyond
- The Battle for Public Space: Business Owners vs. Homeless Residents
- Google Doodle Commemorates Those Bumps on the Edge of the Transit Platform
