New Urbanism
Friday, September11th, 2009
New Urban Neighborhood in MSP - Snoooooooze
I am a fan of the urban ideals pushed forward the New Urbanism movement. How could I not be? Any movement that encourages walkable, friendly, dense developments in our city centers is something I should appreciate if not support. But… however much I like the ideas, when they are implemented the resulting landscape is almost always less than desirable. For some reason we now equate urban living to be a viable lifestyle for only wealthy young people. If America’s cities are indeed experiencing a renaissance or re-inhabitation, let’s hope that someone comes up with a way to make New Urbanist practices and spaces that are available to those of us who do not have a trust fund. If this doesn’t happen… I imagine our city cores going from ghetto for the socially marginalized to ghetto for the socially marginalizing.
How boring.
One Tiny Shred of Human Presence
Beef, Tater, Meow!
Gas Station... Being Cleared Away
Long Live LynLake... in whatever form it ends up as...