Incremental Urbanism

Michael Gamble and W. Jude Leblanc offer new models for the redesign of America's commercial strips.

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March 18, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

The authors use an eight-mile stretch along Buford Highway in Atlanta, Georgia for their study, and ask:

"How can we as design practitioners be ambitious, committed, and fiercely realistic about one of the most significant challenges to the profession, the rehabilitation of America's default greyfields? We strategically chose greyfield sites to force speculation on the relationship between architectural projects, public policy, and community design."

[Editor's note: This is a poor-quality scan of the article, and may be difficult to read. PDF format: 7 pages, 19.6 MB]

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

FULL STORY: Incremental Urbanism: New Models for the Redesign of America's Commercial Strips

Thursday, March 17, 2005 in Harvard Design Magazine

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