Interesting .. I don’t hate new urbanism like it feels many do possibly because there’s not a ton of it around me to where it becomes common and soulless. As a tool in the kit sure I’m cool with it as a solution in itself meh.
Not a big fan of the nostalgia vibe you don’t have to force it so much to get a quaint charming feel. But it’s all about execution, location and the future plans for the area some of the cheapest crappiest new urbanist projects can have positive impacts in areas starved for density. While some of the best intentioned well planned projects can fail to live up to expectations due to being an island in a sea of low density on the edge of suburbia.
Can’t just force it but I don’t think this is a bad project.
Vintage 1900s neighborhood to feature ‘affordable’ apartments with pricier homes near Ann Arbor
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One of the founders of an architectural movement inspired by how neighborhoods were designed in the early 1900s - before the rise of automobile culture - is gearing for a new mixed-use development near Ann Arbor.
Sutherland Square is “shovel ready,” Bob Gibbs, of Birmingham, Mich.-based urban consulting firm Gibbs Planning Group, said. They are fine-tuning architectural designs, figuring out who the builder will be and hope it will break ground later this year.
The “New Urbanism” neighborhood will feature as many as 199 residences ranging from studio apartments to larger homes on about 22.5 acres at 6464 S. State St. south of Textile Road in Pittsfield Township.
Gibbs, who also teaches urban planning at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, calls New Urbanism “idealistic.”
He said the neighborhoods are designed to house a diverse range of people, a range of income levels and age groups. It will be dense and walkable, with spaces for shops and restaurants, also aimed at being an alternative to suburban sprawl.
“You could have townhouses right across the street from a million-dollar house,” Gibbs said.
He said he plans to build apartment units that are more affordable first. The neighborhood would have a mix of housing types — from cottage homes, lofts, townhouses, apartment units, duplexes, live-work units, and larger family homes.
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It would also feature shop, restaurant and office spaces, along with a town square and other features.
Pittsfield Township officials approved the project in 2021 on a portion of the Sutherland-Wilson centennial farm property, which was originally settled in the 1830s.
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