BY FROMA HARROP HOUSTON – Houston faces a crossroads, or to be more precise, a five-level stack interchange. Is it going to nurture compact walkable neighborhoods? Or is it going to do what it has always done – stand back and watch developers build anything anywhere? This, America’s fourth-largest city and quintessence of Sunbelt sprawl, seems ready to encourage more thoughtful development. No one mentions “zoning,” which remains a radioactive word around here. Even “planning” […]
Is The Sunbelt Ready For Urbanity?
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