Quebec Square at the former Stapleton airport is a high-profile new urbanist project that some critics say ignores new urbanist principles.
"Stapleton was envisioned as a response to urban sprawl. The master plan was done by Berkeley, Calif.-based architect Peter Calthorpe, one of the granddaddies of "New Urbanism."The city of Denver and developer Forest City laud Quebec Square as a successful shopping center. Its sales tax will fund Stapleton's sewers, roads and parks.But critics call Quebec Square a paean to the automobile. It fails to meet the minimum standards of New Urbanism, they say. And New Urbanism, they say, is the underpinning of Stapleton."
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