Posts tagged parking
Farm the Neighborhood You Want To See
Farm the Neighborhood You Want To See

Why should this excite New Orleanians?  All we have is a big ol' historic super-grid with an immense array and variety of lot sizes plugged into a series of big ol' amenity centers pumping value into areas blanketed with some of the most amenable urban zoning in the country.  Your Sharpie will run out of ink checking all the boxes.

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Developer Guide, Design Principlesben allensmall developer, missing middle, architecture, city planning, historic neighborhoods, new orleans, zoning, parking, lot size, city grids, multiple principle buildings, good development, appropriate density, entrepreneur, small business, mother-in-law suite, residential, commercial, louisiana, real estate, real estate investments, small change, affordable housing
Getting Back to the Middle
Getting Back to the Middle

We based parking requirements on absolute peak demand - so that even on Black Friday, everyone, by law, gets a parking space.  Developers were forced to buy more land, and provide worst-case scenario parking, for free, in order to build.  With more than ample parking everywhere, more people choose to drive for trips.  Traffic engineers note the roads are getting congested, and design larger, wider roads to provide capacity.

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Sustainability, Developer Guideben allenmissing middle, development, urban development, residential development, density, zoning, parking, historic housing, real estate, affordable housing, duplexes, single-family homes, housing solutions, house sharing, house design, mixed-use, architecture, Studio BKA, New Orleans