http://www.clf.org/blog/healthy-communities/low-carbon-and-deeply-liveable-communities-and-the-death-of-trayvon-martin/ For a thriving New England Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.clf.org/blog/healthy-communities/low-carbon-and-deeply-liveable-communities-and-the-death-of-trayvon-martin/#comment-2157 Seth Kaplan Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=8845#comment-2157 True enough Mr. Emmet. But people do often act differently, sometimes for the better and sometimes worse, when the street is an active place where pedestrians are not surprising and troubling interlopers and there are many "eyes on the street" from surrounding buildings. In a community with no sidewalks a person walking is either an alien presence on a street meant for cars or an intruder on a private lawn. The sidewalk is a small and linear version of the "common", the grassy area in the center of a town, a truly public space where people are expected to be walking. True enough Mr. Emmet. But people do often act differently, sometimes for the better and sometimes worse, when the street is an active place where pedestrians are not surprising and troubling interlopers and there are many “eyes on the street” from surrounding buildings. In a community with no sidewalks a person walking is either an alien presence on a street meant for cars or an intruder on a private lawn. The sidewalk is a small and linear version of the “common”, the grassy area in the center of a town, a truly public space where people are expected to be walking.

]]> http://www.clf.org/blog/healthy-communities/low-carbon-and-deeply-liveable-communities-and-the-death-of-trayvon-martin/#comment-2151 Alan Emmet Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:16:57 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=8845#comment-2151 I can't picture that community in Sanford, but even if there had been sidewalks, Mr. Z might have reacted the same horrible way at the sight of a young black male walking along. I hate feeling that cynical. I can’t picture that community in Sanford, but even if there had been sidewalks, Mr. Z might have reacted the same horrible way at the sight of a young black male walking along. I hate feeling that cynical.

]]> http://www.clf.org/blog/healthy-communities/low-carbon-and-deeply-liveable-communities-and-the-death-of-trayvon-martin/#comment-2141 Claudia Duberstein Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:29:48 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=8845#comment-2141 I don't see this neighborhood as bad design, just the opposite. It was designed for community living, with sidewalks placed where they can be viewed from the most active room in the house, the KITCHEN. You can watch your children play safely, see who is coming and going, and Bar-B-Que with everyone else on the block. Doesn't get more community than that. This is nothing more than over intellectualizing, hoping to find some justification for an unjustifiable act. I don’t see this neighborhood as bad design, just the opposite. It was designed for community living, with sidewalks placed where they can be viewed from the most active room in the house, the KITCHEN. You can watch your children play safely, see who is coming and going, and Bar-B-Que with everyone else on the block. Doesn’t get more community than that. This is nothing more than over intellectualizing, hoping to find some justification for an unjustifiable act.

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