History of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan

History of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan      
Overview of the Orientation Series        
Neighborhood Scale        
Neighborhood Center and Edge        
Streets, Blocks, and Alleys: Achieving a Network of Walkable Streets        
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The diagram on the left is a Clarence Perry 1929 neighborhood unit diagram. The diagram on the right is the ideal town. Each diagram identifies a center and adjacent smaller parks. Since the turn of the 20th century, it has been well known that traditional, sustainable neighborhoods not only have a center but the center is usually where the identity and the personality of the community stem. The center is the location for civic and cultural activities and where mixed use is found.