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I found this Boston company’s project very inspirational today. Steve forwarded it to me as an example of a developer who was able to take their project and add over 100 Smart cars as a car-share program for the residents. Very cool!
They seem to get eco-urbanism on many levels: they are reusing both old buildings and abandoned land to bring sustainable high density housing into an urban core with mass transit nearby. And the design seems to be community focused.
Its nice to know there are people out there that care!
Levi
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1 wburg // Jun 27, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hmmm…adaptive reuse and alternative transport!
Never been to Boston but I am reading a book on its development (Sam Bass Warner’s Streetcar Suburbs which discusses transit-oriented development, 19th century style, and features photos of a lot of buildings that (at least in dimensions and scale, if not in materials) look a lot like the “transit-oriented infill housing” of the present day (vertical massing, multiple stories, close street frontages, mixed use, etc.)
oh yeah, if you want to see a bit of Sacramento transit-oriented development, late 19th and early 20th century style, check out “Street Signs” on Channel 6 tonight at 7:30, which features an interview with, well, me.
2 Steve // Jun 28, 2007 at 12:05 pm
That project looks impressive. I particularly liked the section of the site titled “Building X”, where you can scroll through the different eco-applications: passive cooling, rainwater collection pools, thermal mass construction, etc…
Soon, they’ll have links to your projects on their blog
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