Urban Dinosaurs: It's Time These 8 Things Went Extinct In Our Cities
Urban Dinosaurs: It's Time These 8 Things Went Extinct In Our Cities
February 21, 2020 By Daniel Herriges https://i.imgur.com/6TtBk0E.png?1 Read More: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/...-in-our-cities Quote:
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I generally agree with the critiques of pod subdivisions and huge blocks. Good neighborhoods are porous, IMO.
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It's not urban density like author thinks of, but when you build this quasi suburban density it makes better use of existing infrastructure, reduces the need for outward sprawl, and helps the fiscal conditions of the city by revitalizing existing areas. In gentrified areas, a ban on the snout house and other strict form based zoning might mean some new urbanist style housing since what people care about more is the location than the housing. But in cheap areas, I bet small lots just get ignored because the market is for the conventional suburban home. I think the aesthetic argument is foolish and subjective. In some neighborhoods people use their garages as porches, an open garage is an invitation to kids that the kid who lives there is available to play. Quote:
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All of this is pretty basic, obvious stuff that's mostly in effect in any non-sucky place.
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https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...341528/enhance https://www.flickr.com/photos/roevin/35881149416 something we pretty much have to accept in my town. |
^ many a clutch and parking break have died on those streets.
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https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Ibv8...54986274.0.jpg https://sf.curbed.com/2018/2/20/1703...ential-permits Note how these good citizens are all obeying the law by "curbing" their front wheels (which helps out the parking brake and/or "locked" transmission). Quote:
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Could someone explain snout housing? I always thought it made more sense to have the house jutting out and the garage towards the back(but still facing towards the street). It would look better(to me) and the driveway would be longer, which suburbanites highly prize.
Street sizes. The more I get into the urban universe the more I realize the simplest shit, like narrow streets, are pretty damn key to creating a great urban environment. It seems like 95% of our roads in the US are too wide. |
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But in the denser parts of town, even where there are tracts of single family homes, it's living area over garage, even for fairly modern homes: https://ssl.cdn-redfin.com/photo/8/m...779760_1_8.jpg https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Franci...2/home/1150865 But how about this idea: https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...396827/enhance https://www.google.com/search?q=grou...w32Epupjn40zNM |
There are some residential streets that not only not have sidewalks, but have houses designed like they were made for cars with inconspicuous front doors tucked away if they have pedestrian entrances at all.
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I'm not sure whether this applies to single family homes at all and it doesn't ban first floor garages. They just have to be strong enough to meet new building codes. Not being an architect or engineer, I can't tell you what design features that requires. In San Francisco, the requirement does NOT apply to single family homes: Quote:
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There are a few places in SF where retail turns its back on the street. One of the better known ones is a South of Market group of old industrial buildings repurposed as a mall with Bed, Bath & Beyond, Trader Joe's, Nordstrom Rack and some other popular stores.
From the street it looks like this: https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...440841/enhance https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en...px8wE3oECBIQCw There appear to be entrances to the stores, and there could be but they are kept locked (or at least locked from the sidewalk side--the fire code may require they be openable from inside). In reality, the mall is like this: https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...440841/enhance https://streetearthview.net/1/?clcsr...iew.net%2F1%2F with interterior block parking and store entrances from the parking area. |
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