Structure, Order and Legibility

• need good quality urban spaces connected by clear circulation for cars and people:
  • avoid new impediments to pedestrian traffic
  • remove or redevelop existing barriers

• target gaps in the urban fabric for priority infill:
  • (undeveloped land, vacant lots, empty buildings, surface parking lots)
  • no new development until most present gaps are filled

• avoid large land assemblies, except where a public building or other institutional use requires it:
  • promote incremental growth and development, not massive blocks
  • include mix of uses, including residential, in any required large land assemblies
  • create at street level active uses with numerous entries

• consider waterfront and downtown together and integrate functionally and visually

• replace fractures in urban fabric with sutures

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