Shaping the City: Great Shopping Streets
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-02-16/shaping-city-great-shopping-streets
Local planners used to favor suburban strip malls and indoor shopping centers. Today, they're promoting the virtues of walkable retail districts with a lively vibe and a strong draw. Walkable retail. Many food options. Easy to cross streets. Kojo and architect Roger Lewis explore what's working in a place like Old Town Alexandria or Bethesda that isn't working in Tyson's Corner or White Flint. what combination of retail, restaurants, traffic and architecture make for a great shopping street.
Guests
Roger Lewis
Architect; Columnist, "Shaping the City," Washington Post; and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park
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One problem is that it seems as though every shopping site, whether mall or street scene, has the same chain stores. Boring.
One problem is that it seems as though every shopping site, whether mall or street scene, has the same chain stores. Boring.