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Can we still build low slung, urban neighborhoods (Greenwich Village, North End, etc)
Personally, my favorite urban neighborhoods are the hyper-dense, low slung old school urban neighborhoods like you see in NYC/Bos/SF and all over Europe. Places like Greenwich Village, Nolita, East Village in NYC, the North End in Boston. Nob Hill/Chinatown in SF or most European cities with their endless seas of 4-6 story apartment buildings.
Despite the praise these neighborhoods received, it's hard to think of many areas being built like this today. It seems today's low rise neighborhood suffer from
1) wide setbacks and streets which kill the intimate feeling
2) lots of accommodations to parking
3) sterile, cookie cutter architecture
4) big retail bays that tend to be either vacant or filled by destination restaurants/banks, etc.
Can anyone think of some good examples where we are still building quality, low rise (but denser than row houses), urban neighborhoods?
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