Here's Why Kansas City Hipster Amateur Urban Planners Hate Podium Buildings

Recently, we stumbled upon this bit of urbanist garbage and the arguments are fascinating in a fantasy land here builders don't have to worry about costs . . .

"These buildings seldom utilize good urbanist principles. This is seen through  the privatization public space, disregard for local context, low economic resiliency, and poor walkability."

The solution . . .

"Alternatively, our city blocks should be more diverse. Traditional development patterns started with small buildings and incrementally increased in scale and style over time. This was where the city was left off in the 1900s, and this is how it should continue to develop."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Urban Labs KC: Podium buildings are a popular type of construction in today’s construction market.

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