Urban planner says at least 70 percent of Mobile's development an economic threat
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 09:54AM Renowned city planner Andres Duany stood Thursday in front of a ballroom filled with some of the most powerful people in Mobile and told them that 70 to 80 percent of the city’s development is not only bad, it’s a threat to the area’s economic viability.
“Twenty or 30 years from now, Mobile won’t have a future,” he said, unless the city drastically rethinks its growth patterns.
Duany’s speech, peppered with humor and hard truths, was the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Downtown Mobile Alliance.
The group sought out Duany in the hopes of sparking renewed interest in New Urbanism-type city planning, which seeks to boost land values while creating walkable, eye-catching communities that meld retail space, offices and dwellings.
Duany helped pioneer New Urbanism in the 1980s.
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