Midtown

[Rover]

OMG. We can't have skinny streets. Look at that...trees, grass.....not allowed. Too suburban.

LOL. Can't believe you actually used that picture to promote one of your ideas.

[Just the facts]

OMG. We can't have skinny streets. Look at that...trees, grass.....not allowed. Too suburban.

LOL. Can't believe you actually used that picture to promote one of your ideas.

It is called the rural to urban transect and the trees are used to define the street wall instead of buildings. But you will notice that this street is straight and is not in a subdivision. This neighborhood is traditionally found at the edge of an urban cluster. Heritage Hills and Mesta Park would be some local examples.

This document does a pretty good job of explaining the rural to urban transect and although it is part of the New Urbanism strategy, it is one of my least favorite parts. To go with what Rover pointed out - I like the transition from rural to urban to be more well defined. But that is just me.

http://places.designobserver.com/med...Commu_1336.pdf

[soonerguru]

OMG. We can't have skinny streets. Look at that...trees, grass.....not allowed. Too suburban.

LOL. Can't believe you actually used that picture to promote one of your ideas.

WTF? Looks urban to me. Certainly not suburban as you characterize it.

[wschnitt]

WTF? Looks urban to me. Certainly not suburban as you characterize it.

I believe he/she was being sarcastic.

[Just the facts]

I believe he/she was being sarcastic.

No he wasn't. What is ironic though is that Rover saw a part of New Urbanism that he liked even though he didn't know what he was looking at.