by John W. Olson | Apr 25, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal
In today’s Gazette, there is an article on the Centennial Commons Shopping Center that is now vacant. I along with many other new urbanists, have been projecting this to occur to aging shopping centers across the country. It is not only based on the inventory...
by John W. Olson | Feb 28, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
There are far too many suburban shopping centers built as single-use developments. These shopping centers have short lives leaving a blighted greyfield behind after the 30-year or so vitality is gone. The image above is a suburban retrofit of one of the greyfields...