Comments on: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/california-sues-municipalities-for-bad-urban-planning/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angus Grieve-Smith http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/california-sues-municipalities-for-bad-urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-32532 Angus Grieve-Smith Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:36:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/california-sues-municipalities-for-bad-urban-planning/#comment-32532 If global warming is one of Cuomo's top priorities, maybe he can sue the ESDC for all the parking in the Atlantic Yards plans? If global warming is one of Cuomo’s top priorities, maybe he can sue the ESDC for all the parking in the Atlantic Yards plans?

]]> By: Claire http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/california-sues-municipalities-for-bad-urban-planning/comment-page-1/#comment-32529 Claire Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:54:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/california-sues-municipalities-for-bad-urban-planning/#comment-32529 I actually live in San Bernardino county (albeit pretty close to L.A. county), and the development here is amazing (read: obscene). There's a huge new development one freeway exit east of us -- zillions of houses, all built right atop one another; big-box stores; new shopping centers; the works. It's a big boon to the tax base of the town (Upland), but it all looks and feels pretty soulless and ticky-tacky to me. Wild development continues as you travel further east, with Rancho Cucamonga adding an enormous new outdoor mall (Victoria Gardens), plus a whole constellation of lesser shopping centers, big-box stores, and other strip-mall-type commercial development. And lots and lots more condos, tract houses, and similar housing. The 210 is being extended out past San Bernardino, and I fully expect to see similar development springing up all along its path (it's already starting). It's all about the boom, with very little attention being paid to sustainability, community, or any other lefty buzzwords. I actually live in San Bernardino county (albeit pretty close to L.A. county), and the development here is amazing (read: obscene). There’s a huge new development one freeway exit east of us — zillions of houses, all built right atop one another; big-box stores; new shopping centers; the works. It’s a big boon to the tax base of the town (Upland), but it all looks and feels pretty soulless and ticky-tacky to me.

Wild development continues as you travel further east, with Rancho Cucamonga adding an enormous new outdoor mall (Victoria Gardens), plus a whole constellation of lesser shopping centers, big-box stores, and other strip-mall-type commercial development. And lots and lots more condos, tract houses, and similar housing.

The 210 is being extended out past San Bernardino, and I fully expect to see similar development springing up all along its path (it’s already starting). It’s all about the boom, with very little attention being paid to sustainability, community, or any other lefty buzzwords.

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