MIAMI: If you are old enough, you may remember that people often lived above their business – the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. People could walk the streets and shop for their every need – the demand for cars or buses was negligible. Schools and work and entertainment were nearby. People spent a Sunday strolling along the walkways or picnicking in parks where they could play with the family or listen to free concerts.
Now the over 50s are going back to that life, and are underpinning multi-use facilities being developed to revitalise downtown/CBD areas. Redevelopment agencies are recrafting affordable housing, open spaces, intimate streetscapes, shops, entertainment, restaurants and life on newly crowded sidewalks…
