tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890580509821195622.post2455039673696024097..comments2023-08-22T03:14:59.427-05:00Comments on Chicago Urbanist: Desirable walkabilityJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10611090577273639574noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890580509821195622.post-55645561055499543192019-12-01T20:02:30.297-06:002019-12-01T20:02:30.297-06:00Good articles, Have you heard of LFDS (Le_Meridian...Good articles, Have you heard of LFDS (Le_Meridian Funding Service, Email: lfdsloans@outlook.com --WhatsApp Contact:+1-9893943740--lfdsloans@lemeridianfds.com) is as USA/UK funding service they grant me loan of $95,000.00 to launch my business and I have been paying them annually for two years now and I still have 2 years left although I enjoy working with them because they are genuine Loan lender who can give you any kind of loan.ANDRAINO ADAMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395837976164457170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890580509821195622.post-83487754678870755022014-07-24T14:11:52.237-05:002014-07-24T14:11:52.237-05:00Why use a map based on 9-year-old data? Many Chic...Why use a map based on 9-year-old data? Many Chicago neighborhoods have changed significantly during that time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705226808099767621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890580509821195622.post-74020148488745611902014-06-12T20:52:40.941-05:002014-06-12T20:52:40.941-05:00This is a good question. Your example is an excel...This is a good question. Your example is an excellent aliquot for Detroit. You can see on google maps that this neighborhood is edged by Gratiot Avenue. Gratiot was, in that part of Detroit, a commercial strip. The strip is mostly barren. Was it crime? Lack of business due to poverty and population implosion?<br /><br />If we look at a comparable neighborhood in St. Claire Shores, we see that the block design, though similar, yields different results. The middle of your example neighborhood yields a walk score of 34: http://www.walkscore.com/score/5225-harding-st-detroit-mi-48213<br /><br />A similar intersection in Macomb County yields roughly double the walk score, 62: http://www.walkscore.com/score/21835-maxine-st-st-clair-shores-mi-48080<br /><br />This is further down Mack Ave, and you can see from the street view there is plenty of parking lots on Mack. So while it is debatable what true walkability is, I do think that Detroit's grid, in its current configuration, has room for vast improvements in walkability. Perhaps that is the true shame of it all; that Detroit could easily be a more walkable community. It has the bones for it much more so that so many of its suburbs like Farmington Hills, Walled Lake, or Sterling Heights.<br />Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611090577273639574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890580509821195622.post-61722855620075075682014-06-11T23:14:30.644-05:002014-06-11T23:14:30.644-05:00Very interesting post and data here. I do wonder a...Very interesting post and data here. I do wonder about the cause and effect of walkability here: although the old "midtowns" of Rust Belt cities -- where there were genuine apartment-building booms in the 1910s and 1920s -- definitely have an inherent walkability advantage that has reasserted itself lately, higher crime itself, I would think, would also tend to drive out businesses and depress the Walkscore. <br /><br />I did look at some of the declining areas of Detroit up close, though, and it's difficult to see how these could have ever been truly walkable areas -- residential blocks are frequently over 1,000 feet long, and some are over 2,300 feet! Areas like this, which seem to date from the 1920s or 1930s: http://goo.gl/maps/NHG8d Chicago's blocks, on the other hand, seem to be considerably smaller overall.Charlie Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317335121565650040noreply@blogger.com