Sacramento's K Street Ped Mall...

Sacramento is looking at reintroducing vehicular traffic to their downtown pedestrian mall in the hopes of boosting traffic to the area's retailers. Unfortunately the article didn't point out a few successful and thriving malls that still exist, though typically under very unique situations.

Here are a few we've covered on sitephocus....

Boulder - Pearl Street Mall

Charlottesville - Main Street Mall

LEED and Sprawl...

When will the USGBC take land use into account, docking projects that follow conventional suburban, auto-oriented patterns? Maybe energy from commuting could be factored into the points system if USGBC is so concerned with Energy conservation. The City of Lakes Urbanism blog highlights one such project near Minneapolis attaining LEED Platinum, yet surrounded by sprawl.

Sitephocus April 09 update

Sitephocus recently uploaded our April update from Alabama. Sites include the A&P Development in Montgomery, The Waters in Pike Road, and the Beach Pavilion in Gulf State Park (Gulf Shores). We also included the conservation development Serenbe, located just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Sample photos are below and you can find the rest of the update here.

Serenbe






Atlantic and Pacific Development (A&P)



Beach Pavilion - Gulf State Park

The Waters