If you've been to Southridge Mall lately, you can't help but notice its downward slide (how many years will go by with Greendale neighborhoods facing the blank facade that used to be Younkers?) Enclosed malls in general are in decline.
A friend of mine recently bought a house in the neighborhood just east of the Southridge. He'll be in a very, very nice spot if something like the overhaul described below occurs.
From brown to green to gold: San Mateo’s exemplary Station Park Green:
Before:
The same parcel, reconceived as Station Park Green:
A stunning plan for transit-oriented development in San Mateo, California, south of San Francisco, has earned "gold" certification under the LEED for Neighborhood Development program founded by NRDC, the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the US Green Building Council. You can see before and after images above. Images tell the tale better than words on this one but, first, let's start with some backstory:
(See the rest at Switchboard, from NRDC.)
It looks suspiciously like the Bayshore Town Center!
Posted by: Bryan Maersch | October 30, 2008 at 06:02 PM