"We have known this about the motorcar: if you make more roads, you will have more traffic. Now we know about cities: if you make more places for people, you will have more public life. In cities that have done away with their pubic spaces, life has become totally privatized." ~Jan Gehl @citiesforpeople
Town Square
Original cities were designed around a Town Square
Many surviving old city town squares are anchored by a Church
Wikipedia "TOWN SQUARE" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square
Many surviving old city town squares are anchored by a Church
Wikipedia "TOWN SQUARE" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square
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Density
The City of Toronto's urban plan includes increasing the density of land use
The plan is to build more in smaller spaces -- to build close together and "up"
The result increases the number of people living in a given area and provides for more options closer to everybody
The plan is to build more in smaller spaces -- to build close together and "up"
The result increases the number of people living in a given area and provides for more options closer to everybody
Questions
Why is there a global phenomenon of people moving to urban areas?
How does the official plan for your community address problems in urban settings?
What factors need to be considered when analyzing the impact of new development?
How does the official plan for your community address problems in urban settings?
What factors need to be considered when analyzing the impact of new development?
Walk Score
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Create signs that you could put around your neighbourhood!
Take a screenshot of your signs and upload to your OneNote notebook
Create signs that you could put around your neighbourhood!
Take a screenshot of your signs and upload to your OneNote notebook