http://www.downtownphoenix.com/blog/2009/11/where-do-you-live/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:52:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.downtownphoenix.com/blog/2009/11/where-do-you-live/comment-page-1/#comment-103 How To Make Downtown Phoenix Neighborhoods Better | Boy Meets Blog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:43:28 +0000 http://www.downtownphoenix.com/blog/?p=1025#comment-103 [...] I think it’s unfortunate that our Phoenix lingo doesn’t include references to neighborhoods, the areas that should be little pockets of density like mini-cities within the city. I’m thinking of places like North Park, Hillcrest, and Kensington in San Diego, or Sugar House or the Avenues in Salt Lake, Lakeview or Andersonville in Chicago, Georgetown or Dupont Circle in D.C. Each of these neighborhoods has its own character, charm, and history and each neighborhood is intregal to sustaining a healthy downtown core. Without neighborhoods, mixed use buildings and walkable streets, a town center can never mature into an urban city because it will lack the vibrancy and innovation necessary. If downtown Phoenix is the urban heart or Arizona, then people are the lifeblood and the neighborhoods where the people live are the organs that supply it. Read the rest at downtownphoenix.com [...] [...] I think it’s unfortunate that our Phoenix lingo doesn’t include references to neighborhoods, the areas that should be little pockets of density like mini-cities within the city. I’m thinking of places like North Park, Hillcrest, and Kensington in San Diego, or Sugar House or the Avenues in Salt Lake, Lakeview or Andersonville in Chicago, Georgetown or Dupont Circle in D.C. Each of these neighborhoods has its own character, charm, and history and each neighborhood is intregal to sustaining a healthy downtown core. Without neighborhoods, mixed use buildings and walkable streets, a town center can never mature into an urban city because it will lack the vibrancy and innovation necessary. If downtown Phoenix is the urban heart or Arizona, then people are the lifeblood and the neighborhoods where the people live are the organs that supply it. Read the rest at downtownphoenix.com [...]

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