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Angelides proposes 397 environmentally friendly homes for East Sac

Sacramento Business Journal (August 2008)
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Developer Phil Angelides and John Laing Homes have proposed 397 single-family houses on the 48-acre Centrage land along the American River near the East Sacramento and McKinley Park neighborhoods, where past proposals for high-rises and a commercial park died under withering criticism from neighbors.

Developer Phil Angelides and John Laing Homes have proposed 397 single-family houses on the 48-acre Centrage land along the American River near the East Sacramento and McKinley Park neighborhoods, where past proposals for high-rises and a commercial park died under withering criticism from neighbors.

Unlike the past, where residents decided the plans weren't consistent with the tree-lined neighborhood, groups seem to be receptive to the initial plans for "McKinley Village."

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Angelides proposes 397 environmentally friendly homes for East Sac

Planned City Rises Within a City in the Southwest

New York Times (September 2007)
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A 25-square-mile stretch of flat acreage here with sweeping views of the Sandia Mountains -- said to be the largest tract of undeveloped land in the United States within one city's limits -- is being transformed into a master-planned community that may take 30 years to build.

A 25-square-mile stretch of flat acreage here with sweeping views of the Sandia Mountains -- said to be the largest tract of undeveloped land in the United States within one city's limits -- is being transformed into a master-planned community that may take 30 years to build.

The development, called Mesa del Sol, will be a high-tech economic development center, and it is expected to become the site of 60,000 jobs, 38,000 homes and a town center.

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Planned City Rises Within a City in the Southwest

Instant Urbanism: Citified suburbs becoming new model for the Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle (April 2007)
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Buildings as high as five stories hug the sidewalk, most cloaked in dignified stone but some in crisp modern glass. A movie marquee jabs up like a needle across from a plaza that has a skating rink in winter and a busy pub year-round.

Buildings as high as five stories hug the sidewalk, most cloaked in dignified stone but some in crisp modern glass. A movie marquee jabs up like a needle across from a plaza that has a skating rink in winter and a busy pub year-round.

Upstairs are offices, or apartments, or condominiums. And while the shops are the usual suspects -- Baby Gap at one end, Victoria's Secret at another -- art studios are tucked around the corner.

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Instant Urbanism: Citified suburbs becoming new model for the Bay Area

The man had a plan long ago - now it's reaping rewards

San Francisco Chronicle (September 2006)
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Fifteen years ago, Peter Calthorpe was just another Bay Area visionary with an imaginative intellect and absolute conviction about how the world ought to be.

Fifteen years ago, Peter Calthorpe was just another Bay Area visionary with an imaginative intellect and absolute conviction about how the world ought to be.

Today, ideas still tumble in all directions when the 56-year-old Berkeley planner speaks. But now his client list ranges from the sheikh of Dubai to the state of Louisiana, and he's about to receive an award from a developer trade group with 30,000 members.

If Calthorpe feels the slightest awkwardness at being honored by an industry that many intellectuals instinctively loathe, he isn't letting on.

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The man had a plan long ago - now it's reaping rewards

New Urbanism: It's in the Army Now

New York Times (June 2006)
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Belvoir is Fort Belvoir, a military post. And the Villages, 15 New Urbanist towns, are on-post housing for soldiers and their families.

Belvoir is Fort Belvoir, a military post. And the Villages, 15 New Urbanist towns, are on-post housing for soldiers and their families.

The first, Herryford Village, was occupied last year: 171 town houses and houses designed in a local Georgian Colonial style. It has a Main Street with shops and a clock tower, playgrounds, and village greens with open-air pavilions and centralized mailboxes where residents can socialize informally. There is not a tin hut or cinderblock house in sight.

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New Urbanism: It's in the Army Now