Neal Peirce: 'Can Suburbia Develop Real Urban Centers?'

Mixed-use developments are succesful. So why aren't more of them being built across the nation?

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February 18, 2003, 9:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The new town centers are outperforming standard, stand-alone suburban developments...So if mixed-use developments are so terrific, why isn't one being built in every suburb of America?..town centers are large, complex projects that easily collide with the narrow strictures of zoning statutes... look to older malls as places to construct new town centers...devote a chunk of its untold acres of surplus parking to create a true mixed-use, pedestrian-scale shopping street."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: CAN SUBURBIA DEVELOP REAL URBAN CENTERS?

Sunday, February 16, 2003 in The Washington Post Writers Group

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