The pre-Great Depression pattern of development has enormous levels of financial productivity. Development that looks more like big box stores kind of strung along vast stretches of strode is not a great investment, says John Defterios. He eventually left his job as a traffic engineer because he felt like his work was harming the places where he lived and worked. Now instead of building strode's projects, he's become an evangelist for denser urbanism.
We’re kicking off the new year at 99pi with a fresh installment of mini-stories, including: what lies at the intersection of a street and a road; the most unlikely of theme parks; and the evolution of ancient alleyways in Beijing, China.
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