Feb 13, 2021
11 min read
Repairing the Urban Fabric Ruined By Highways
From the hills behind the City Hall in my adopted hometown of Ventura, California, it’s less than 1,000 yards southward to the Pacific Ocean. It’s a constrained piece of topography that, as I have written elsewhere, creates a small urban gem of a downtown: streetscapes, restaurants, stores, offices, residences, parking garages, a beachfront promenade — all within eight or so square blocks, creating a lively…
