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LEED-ND: A Tool To Retrofit The Suburbs: Sophie Lambert, AICP Makeover Montgomery April 15, 2011
LEED-ND: A Tool To Retrofit The Suburbs: Sophie Lambert, AICP Makeover Montgomery April 15, 2011
Suburban Morphology
static
tissues
Residential subdivisions
campus
tissues
Shopping malls, office parks or apartment complexes
elastic
tissues
Arterial strips
See Brenda Case Scheer, The Anatomy of Sprawl, Places 14:2 (Fall 2001): 28-37.
Greyfield
Before Redevelopment
44,028
$58,073
2.1
99.6
Elevation:
880
Land Area:
10.7 sq mi
10,000 JOBS
6,000 HOUSING UNITS
1916 watercolor
1953 aerial
1971 aerial
1991 aerial
1991 aerial
1991 aerial
15 acres
Residential Units
660
(including affordable/subsidized)
Retail
91,000 s.f.
Parking
1,650 spaces
Park land
1.5 acre
Bus Transit
(metro transit and local circulator)