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Cotati's Hexagonal Plaza

Cotati's Hexagonal Plaza, one of only two hexagonal layouts in the United States, was designed during the 1890s as an alternative to the traditional grid. The only other U.S. City with a hexagonal layout is Detroit, Michigan. The graphic to the right depicts the hexagonal/rectangular grid plan for Detriot in 1807.
Hexagonal street patterns were proposed by several planners in the early 20th century as well and was a leading alternative to the rectangular grid for residential subdivisions. It lost out to loops and cul-de-sacs. Did it just look to far-fetched on paper? One planner even went as far as to prove that hexagonal planning would require less fire hydrants and shorter water and sewer lines to service residential developments. Whatever the case, hexagonal planning today is virtually an unknown phenomenon.
Dr. Thomas Page's barn once stood where Cotati's Hexagonal Plaza is today, and each of the six streets surrounding the plaza are named after one of his sons. Since I have resided in Cotati for 20 years, it's easy for me to recite the names of each sibling without consulting a map. Henry, Charles, Arthur, George, William and Olof.
Listed as a California Historcal Landmark, Cotati's Hexagonal Plaza is ... more

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