Assignment 5 - 1

THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DISTRICT, AND THE CORRIDOR

#1. The neighborhood, the district, and the corridor are the essential elements of development and redevelopment in the metropolis. They form identifiable areas that encourage citizens to take responsibility for their maintenance and evolutions. 

#2. Neighborhoods should be compact, pedestrian friendly, and mixed-use. Districts generally emphasize a special single use, and should follow the principles of neighborhood design when possible. Corridors are regional connectors of neighborhoods and districts; they range from boulevards and rail lines to rivers and parkways. 

Houses are all right next to each other

Sidewalks everywhere

#3. Many activities of daily living should occur within walking distance, allowing independence to those who do not drive, especially the elderly and the young. Interconnected networks of streets should be designed to encourage walking, reduce the number and length of automobile trips, and conserve energy. 

#6. Appropriate building densities and land uses should be within walking distance of transit stops, permitting public transit to become a viable alternative to the automobile. 

At Bradburn Blvd, you can see housing

You can see housing right next to all the shops

RTD stop to the left, housing to the right (walkable distance)

#4. Within the neighborhoods, a broad range of housing types and price levels can bring people of diverse ages, races, and incomes into daily interaction strengthening the personal and civic bonds essential to an authentic community. 

Houses to the right, condominiums to the left 

Mountain looking house 

 Big House (diffierent colors)

Cement house

Townhouses

Condominiums  

Average size house

#7. Concentrations of civic, institutional, and commercial activity should be embedded in neighborhoods and districts, not isolated in remote, single-use complexes. Schools should be sized and located to enable children to talk or bicycle to them. 

#9. A range of parks, from tot-lots and village greens to ball fields and community gardens, should be distributed within neighborhoods. Conservation areas and open lands should be used to define and connect different neighborhoods and districts.

 Area to talk and have a picnic

Stadium like Farrand Field with huge lawn space 

 Another open space for outdoor activities

 BBQ stand in open space/park

 Tennis Court

Swimming Pool 

 Open Space

THE BLOCK, THE STREET, AND THE BUILDING

#2. Individual architectural projects should be seamlessly linked to their surroundings. This issue transcends style.

 Same canopy like structures

#3. The revitalization of urban places depends on safety and security. The design of streets and buildings should reinforce safe environments, but not at the expense of accessibility and openness. 

#4. In the contemporary metropolis, development must adequately accommodate automobiles. It should do so in ways that respect the pedestrian and the form of public space.

Street Parking

#5. Streets and squares should be safe, comfortable and interesting to the pedestrian. Properly configured, they encourage walking and enable neighbors to know each other and protect their communities. 

Two schools, two blocks apart

 Very Pretty Pathway

#7. Civic building and public gathering places require important sites to reinforce community identity and the culture of democracy. They deserve distinctive form, because their role is different from that or other buildings and places that constitute the fabric of the city.