The rowhouse, a relatively new building form in the Pacific Northwest, is still evolving as a modern solution for higher density communities.
"Over the years, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, have passed strong growth management laws that have limited new development to compact urban centers and discouraged costly sprawl. These density-prodding measuresalong with hot development markets in the Pacific Northwestproduced a flurry of multifamily building in both cities. In Portland, developers experimented mostly with rowhouse or townhouse development, whereas in Seattle, blockbuster concrete boxes of stacked flats sprang up"
-The full text is available online only to members of the Urban Land Institute, or in print in the March 2001 issue of Urban Land Magazine.
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