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Mountain View, California

The Crossings Transit-Oriented neighborhood project transforms a 1960s auto-oriented strip mall into a vibrant pedestrian-oriented community. Located adjacent to a new CalTrain commuter station, The Crossings provides a range of housing and retail opportunities, with single-family homes, townhouses, rowhouses, and apartments all located within a short walk of shopping and transit. An interconnected network of tree-lined streets and pedestrian paths knit this new mixed-use neighborhood together. The street network provides important connections to an existing Safeway grocery store, allowing residents to walk directly to the store without crossing arterial streets. Community parks and open spaces are distributed throughout the 18-acre site. Bandstands and tot lots provide areas for neighborhood gatherings within parks.

Calthorpe Associates planned and designed virtually every aspect of The Crossings neighborhood, including site layout, street improvements, landscape features, and architectural design. The Crossings neighborhood was completed by early 1998. The shopping mall which The Crossings neighborhood replaces was demolished and recycled as foundations for the new homes and parks.