InBerkeley

A thought-provoking, and thoughtful, post this morning on Transbay Blog following Berkeley City Council’s decision to approve the Downtown Area Plan which allows for taller buildings in the heart of the city.

The presence of an anti-growth attitude in Berkeley has famously been vocal and insistent. And while this perspective may have once been deemed to be “progressive,” in a city that prides itself on setting the definition of that word, we now know better. What’s actually progressive is accepting growth that is dense and well-situated to avoid sprawl; reduce energy use and emissions; concentrate new development where it can utilize existing infrastructure; and encourage walking, bicycling, and transit use.

Read “Downtown Berkeley’s Growing Pains” in full here.

[Photo credit: Transbay Blog.]

Tracey Taylor Architecture, Downtown, Environment, Green living