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"As for allowing greater flexibility, that too is needed in the outlying neighborhoods; we need to allow more commercial uses in our residential-only zones. If the pandemic has taught us anything about urban life, it’s that amenities traditionally reserved for “urban” zones actually fit right into “neighborhood character” elsewhere in the city"
https://publicola.com/2023/02/28/maybe-metropolis-the-vibe-of-the-city-is-the-90s/
@emmettoconnell We Olympians were very lucky to have already had people repurpose older, (pre down zoning trend)commercial buildings that became street level food, coffee, grocery stores. Several provided covered outdoor seating for better airflow Covid safety. If proposed today they would be fought off by many to “preserve” our “family oriented” neighborhoods. Hopefully these examples can help us shift perspective on what goes into a “family oriented” hood.