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Okay, so I'm gonna take a contrarian position and say that existing properties that already exhibit great street level interaction should be privileged slightly from redevelopment. I wonder if city officials could build an incentive to develop parking lots rather than existing structures into code? Say, an additional density bonus for lots that are currently non-structure impervious cover? That way, all else equal, development would be slightly redirected to empty lots.

That being said, I'm sure the replacement will be a hell of a lot better than what's there now, even if we loose a little bit of charm.