[JK: I received an email from the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation and Sustainable Saratoga with information about a presentation regarding standards for building heights in downtown Saratoga Springs.
Modern urban planning acknowledges that the proportions between building height and the width of related streets and sidewalks are key to creating an environment that attracts people on foot. The canyon effect of having large buildings sandwiching narrow streets creates a sunless dead zone.
This presentation comes at a time when the city’s land use boards are reviewing two proposals for six story buildings in the city’s core. It should be an interesting event.]
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It also destroys affordable housing, but they won’t tell you that, will they?
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