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Originally Posted by jaydorn
I think these designs are an attempt to shoehorn “human scale” design into previous car dependant locations. It does end up being horrible for both cars & humans as a result.
The thinking seems to be “let’s keep the big box stores, but slap some pedestrian infrastructure bits and sidewalks to create the illusion of walkability, it’ll be charming.”
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Indoor malls are pretty much dead in the U.S. They’ve been replaced with this ‘town square’ model of a bunch of stores connected by sidewalks with planters and benches. And now Canadian retail property designers are following suit.
The problem is it’s winter half the year here.