A rough urban design report card based on Jane Jacobs

was produced by Noticing New York, in this blog entry "JANE JACOBS ATLANTIC YARDS REPORT CARD ." It has 47 points, based upon JJ's four foundations of successful cities:

1. Mixed use;
2. Density;
3. Small and connected blocks;
4. Mixed stock of buildings (especially old, paid off, buildings) able to support a variety of uses and innovation.

Another tool for the evaluation of development proposals comes from the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia and their Urban Design Evaluation guidelines.

Needless to say, the superproject of Atlantic Yards doesn't come out well in NNY's evaluation...