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A bill that could make zoning more inclusive

Community Architect Daily

In recent years planners have become much more aware of the exclusionary effects that zoning has had on people and their towns and cities. The old zoning separated neatly housing from everything else presumably in the interest of public health. Dismantling the legacy zoning system is no small task.

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6 Pioneering Urban Planning Projects Transforming Public Space

Architizer

From ambitious, sprawling masterplans to ingenious infrastructure schemes and exciting adaptive reuse initiatives, discover how innovative urban planning is helping to reclaim corners of the city for the wider community. A trellis encircles the civic development, a portal of sorts between the street and the interior world of the park.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

No tall building would be permitted on the waterfront except for the eventually constructed Ian Pei designed World Trade Center The waterfront would be protected as parks, public areas with a wide promenade. This development has a lot to do with the concept of the right to the city. billion Wharf Development are such examples.

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