John Nolen's plan for Venice, Florida, is legendary among urban planners. But what's interesting about Venice as an actual place, as opposed to Venice as a plan on a paper, is how it's evolved.
I live in a beach town where earnest attempts at capturing a vision for the communities' future in the form of General and Specific City Plans has been overridden by citizen grievances of unmet needs and other social changes that are as frequent as changing Council members (and gov in general). In other words, every development decision seems to be another battle between developers, Council disinterest in visionary urban plans, State density priorities, and citizens concerned about the eroding character of our beach town. I have to wonder where the future of Where is going?
I hope Los Angeles uses some of your information as it rebuilds today for tomorrow. Empty office space transformed into living space for urban workers would be a great idea especially given the younger generation is not interested in lawns, garages for cars, and home maintenance like we of earlier generations were/are. Bob
I live in a beach town where earnest attempts at capturing a vision for the communities' future in the form of General and Specific City Plans has been overridden by citizen grievances of unmet needs and other social changes that are as frequent as changing Council members (and gov in general). In other words, every development decision seems to be another battle between developers, Council disinterest in visionary urban plans, State density priorities, and citizens concerned about the eroding character of our beach town. I have to wonder where the future of Where is going?
I hope Los Angeles uses some of your information as it rebuilds today for tomorrow. Empty office space transformed into living space for urban workers would be a great idea especially given the younger generation is not interested in lawns, garages for cars, and home maintenance like we of earlier generations were/are. Bob