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Originally Posted by Crawford
It's zoning. Those neighborhoods are generally protected from very large buildings. They're the best urban neighborhoods in North America, and generally fiercely NIMBY.
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The key is small footprints of buildings but not necesarily their height. Putting in height limits, especially ones where it’s neither too tall or short is very damaging, as developers will combine lots to get enough FAR (buildable space) to build up to the height limit.
The most walkable streets are those with multiple buildings on the same block. The least walkable are those blockbusters, i.e. buildings that take up an entire block (or more).