Ok, Borat. Try Barceloneta, then, Barcelona's iconic waterfront neighborhood.
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Originally Posted by Urban recluse
I wish Biguc. If it could look like Beacon Hill in Boston, I would be thrilled; it could of course, with the right designs and a lot of brick.
As long as it is dense, with very narrow streets, stellar designs, and the buildings do not look like the Alt or H20, let's get 'er done.
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Exactly. Very narrow streets and very high density are key to making this work, as well as mixed use ground floors wherever builders want them. I honestly don't think individual building design is that important when you start getting an urban tapestry so fine, but H20 wouldn't fly--that building belongs in the suburbs. I'm also pretty sure building stick framed buildings like H20 in the kind of close-knit neighborhood we're talking about would be a fire hazard and wildly illegal.