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Fallingston, Pennsylvania, USA 2024
New Fallingston 15min Village
Walkable communities
Dense mix residential/commercial
Bike and pedestrian routes
Planned transport links
Shared green space and gardens
Initial Proposal study for extension to Historic Fallingston, Pennsylvania USA. Walkable community complementing the historic town adding retail, restaurants and work space.
Museum houses & Quaker meetinghouse
Levittown Pa. a production suburbia of 17,400 homes was built in 1952-58 adjacent to Fallingston village. This extensive car based suburban sprawl outside Philadelphia surrounded traditional Bucks county villages. This followed the American car based model of town planning.
1850 Map Rural township
2024 Map with flooded sandpits low area former steel mill.
American Lean Urbanism advocates 5 minute neighbourhoods unlike European 15 minutes to encourage Americans out of cars. Transport rail stations at either side of area with major trains linking Philadelphia, Trenton, and New York City. Connecting cross and internal bus and light rail would complete the network. Residential densification and creation of multiple local walkable shopping villages and network of bike paths could decarbonise the suburbia.
Walkable centers with anchor buildings. Images Bellows Falls, Vermont
Initial sketches local form housing
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