Sucher is the author of “City Comforts” – a gem of a book that explains how to design good cities. Essentially, he says, remember the three rules:
Build to the sidewalk (i.e., property line).
Make the building front “permeable” (i.e., no blank walls).
Prohibit parking lots in front of the building.
Here’s an example currently under construction at Denman and Robson:
David also gives good blog. And, since he’s going to expand the Three Rules into a book, he’d like your advice.
I would very much appreciate hearing every possible critique of the ‘Three Rules.’ Click here to download the chapter. Praise it if you like. But I am even more interested in hearing the reasons why I am full of it, why the ‘Three Rules’ is naive, incomplete, simple-minded and overall just plain wrong and/or misleading. Let me have it. Bring it on, in the words of our bumbling leader. Tell me in as much detail as you are able why I should drop this project immediately and not embarrass myself any further by my clueless rantings.
Well, he asked. And he’s at david@citycomforts.com
