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Originally Posted by 10023
Umm, no it isn’t. Neither is the North Side “blocks upon blocks of 3-5 story buildings” (there are tons of underutilzed gaps in that, surface parking, etc), nor is Paris (which is mostly 6-8 story buildings). Have you been to Paris?
And I know why Chicago is overbuilt. I’m just saying that it would actually be better IF most roads were narrower and IF commercial/retail was more concentrated. If it were just an occasional 3-4 block stretch of Ashland or Western or even Belmont that was zoned for it, with multiple floors of commercial space (shops/restaurants on the ground, things like dentists and lawyers’ offices above, plus apartments above that), then the neighborhoods would have much more vibrant commercial districts and so many wouldn’t look like this: https://goo.gl/maps/oi7G15JcYiQ2 |
Your cited example is Belmont Ave....
way the hell out....
west of friggin Cicero Ave?
Dude, that's practically in the burbs.
Anyhow, you're kind of preaching to the choir--all of us here like multilevel buildings with a pedestrian oriented bent. So I don't know what you're trying to achieve by reminding us of how much European cities resemble a magical paradise built by Elves and Gnomes. Lest you forgot--America is kind of a "car is king" kinda place, so we have a wee bit of an uphill battle over here...