Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Friday, April 09, 2010

Co-location of the Senior Center and Library in Pikesville, Baltimore County

For years I have advocated co-location of public facilities, to reduce and to share resources. In this particular case, a lot is still separated, but you have one entrance and one parking lot, and a better use of land -- a two story building with separate functions on different floors but on the same building footprint and same piece of land is far better than two separate buildings on separate pieces of land.

Many municipalities are beginning to embrace this concept.

DC is not.

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