Lemme tell you why I like this: Forget for a moment that canal, and boat. Take a look at the buildings. Do they look complicated or expensive to build? Heck no. They could be designed by a 7th grader and put together using cinder blocks, stucco and paint from your local hardware store.

Nathan Lewis is always worth the read. Full Article here.

Let’s talk Shop (houses). Of all the attached building types most appropriate for Piscataquis Village, perhaps my personal favorite is the Malaysian Shophouse; probably because our key design element of arcaded sidewalks [The Five Foot Way of Singapore] is integral to the building design. What shelters one from tropical sun and downpours also shelters one from snow and drizzle.

Even a “really narrow street” community has difficulty accommodating vehicle parking without a loss in Quality.

We haven’t yet discovered anything that Nathan Lewis has written about the Traditional City Pattern of development that wasn’t worth the read. Here’s his latest. Frankly, I think it confirms the thesis of the Piscataquis Village Project: for high quality results, cars should be parked at the edge of Villages that are compact enough to be truly walkable, yet large enough and dense enough to support an internal economy. Full Article

Nathan Lewis takes us on a comparison tour of the two Toledos. See if you can guess which one the Piscataquis Village Project is using for inspiration and guidance. Hint: It’s the one where tourists are photographing the streets.