Quote Originally Posted by Just the facts View Post
I am not even opposed to new construction - I would just like to see it done using the existing street grid more. Nothing makes me cringe more than new urbanist shopping centers on the suburban fringe surrounded by 40 acres of parking lots.

Someone recently identified Easton Town Center in Columbus, OH as neat development. When you are on the main street it looks great. Very walkable, stores with display windows facing the street, people on the sidewalks, light strung across the street to create festive atmosphere, etc... Then you zoom out and you see the thousands of parking spaces. Then you zoom out more and see that it doesn't even interact with the area around it. Then you zoom out more and find that it is miles from most houses. No one is ever going to walk to it.

Why is something that humans have been doing for 10,000 years so damn hard to replicate now? Tuscana was billed as a $600 million to $800 million project. Could you magine what would be possible if someone poured $600 million into the Plaza District, Paseo, and Capitol Hill.
You should check out Crocker Park in Westlake, OH.