A New Urbanist development in Ontario: Replacing a farmers’ field to build homes for retirees who will drive everywhere. theglobeandmail.com/business/indus…
This looks like it will be marginally better than the usual sprawl. But even in this drawing you can see it’s on the edge of farmland. 2/
“People should be able to take care of their ordinary needs within walking distance,” says Andres Duany 3/
Meanwhile in the actual downtown of Niagara Falls 4/
If New Urbanism means dressing up a subdivision with a couple of shops, it’s not adding to the conversation we need to have. 5/

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