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Old Posted Oct 7, 2014, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Drybrain View Post
Human scale just means it interacts with the street well. For example, you could argue that the Empire State Building is human scaled, despite its huge size, because its street level isn't a giant wall, but a collection of storefronts and decorative elements that acknowledge that people use this building.

Too many people use the term "human scale" to simple many "short," of course, when it's a lot more complex than that.
Oh, come on, Dry. Where's your sense of humour? I was getting tongue-in-cheek and sarcastic on the line re human scale. Thought "Giant scale" was a dead giveaway on that count.

I'm fine with human scale, so long as we use the following font when mentioning concept:
HUMAN SCALE.

Who said anything about giant scale? I'm totally fine with merely HUMAN SCALE.. I'm cool with urban planning practices.
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