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a street's personality — everything visible when you stand in it and look both ways.
means the total visual and spatial character of a street, from sidewalks to storefronts to trees to skyline.
from grafted from landscape in the 1930s, when urban planners realized cities needed the same design attention as gardens.
coined by analogylandscape plus street, nothing fancier than that
planning toolcities write entire codes just for streetscapes
human scale mattersbuildings under 5 stories feel most walkable
trees are load-bearingone row can cut summer sidewalk heat 10 degrees
for instance
champs elysees — paris, 1994 redesign added 15000 new trees along it
las ramblas — barcelona, tree canopy walkway built in the 1770s
ginza tokyo — 1968 pedestrian-only sundays turned it into a plaza
jane jacobs greenwich village — her 1961 book made this streetscape a planning bible