smart growth: [Sacramento] Towers on Capitol Mall: Construction on Hold
- 01/14/07 08:23 AM
Towers on Capitol Mall: Construction on Holdby Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate Sacramento is the last major West Coast city to make high-rise living a part of the plan. Years of taking seemingly limitless farmland for granted has left the city a sprawling traffic-jam. The first major high-rise project to take shape in this new era of urban living is John Saca's project, the Towers on Capitol Mall. Two 53-story residential towers--including an InterContinental hotel--have been in the works at the gateway to Sacramento from the west on the Tower Bridge as it opens up to Capitol Mall. But recently the … (2 comments)
smart growth: Making Sacramento (more) walkable
- 01/10/07 12:39 PM
Released in September 2006, the City of Sacramento's Pedestrian Master Plan: Making Sacramento the Walking Capital was recently named the SACOG Salutes Project of the Year for 2006 by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) for outstanding and innovative efforts in the Sacramento region in the areas of transportation, smart growth planning and air quality.In it, the plan outlines ways in which pedestrian needs and walkability will be addressed at the planning stages for new projects and what can be done in existing neighborhoods to make these areas more pedestrian-friendly: wider sidewalks, better lighting, improved street-crossings.While this is a step … (4 comments)
Towers on Capitol Mall: Construction on Holdby Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate
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