Planning Livable CommunitiesSmart growth: How to fight sprawl, reshape our cities and towns and take back our streetsSaxonville Lumber site plans: Details and my comments- September 21, 2008 I got a look at Tony Kwan&8217;s plans for the old Saxonville Lumber site yesterday. While as Brett said in the comments, the plan isn&8217;t everything I hoped it might be, it&8217;s a huge improvement over what&8217;s there now, and a lot better than plenty of other possible site uses. Here&8217;s a photo of the model ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/09/21/saxonville-lumber-plan-details/ Redevelopment plans emerge for Saxonville Lumber site- September 19, 2008 The owner of the 5+-acre site housing the one-time Saxonville Lumber business has plans to put two buildings there: one housing a health club and medical office, the other for retail space, the MetroWest Daily News reports. This looks like good news indeed for the neighborhood, which has seen a key piece of the business ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/09/19/saxonville-lumber-site-plans/ Route 30: What Could Be- September 14, 2008 With numerous nearby office buildings and hotels and loads of retail, Framingham&8217;s Route 30 still has the potential of being a park-once, walk-to-many destination with a real sense of place (despite the numerous chain stores). Rte. 30 now has two specialty food shops with the potential to draw traffic from miles around: B&38;R Artisan Bread (a ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/09/14/route-30-what-could-be/ When outsiders change a neighborhood- September 7, 2008 As a traveller, it&8217;s hard to complain that there are &8220;too many tourists&8221; someplace, since by definition, you&8217;re on of those outsiders. Nevertheless, if you&8217;re travelling to see a specifically authentic place, it can be disappointing to see it overrun by mobs from tour buses or cruise chips, along with tacky souvenir shops and others ...http://pedestrianfriendly.com/2008/09/07/when-outsiders-change-a-neighborhood/ |