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What Not to Do

#WhatNotToDo in #StreetDesign, urbanism, urban revitalization, site planning, architecture, landscape, retailing, transportation, housing. An occasional series
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Victor Dover
a red car driving down a street next to tall buildings and power lines in the sky
Urban Revitalization
Architecture Landscape
Street Design
Transportation
Acting
Street View
Architecture
#whatnottodo Don't act surprised when people still cross the street where they need to, if crosswalks are spaced infinitely far apart. #thanksDOT #StreetDesign #dangerousbydesign definitely not #peoplehabitat
a car is parked on the side of the road in front of several apartment buildings
Green Space
We Need
Road
Green
What passes for "green space" on Red Road. #whatnottodo We need a #RedRoadcoalition
a grate on the ground that has holes in it for water to drain into
Its 2017
Bike Tire
Epic Fails
Outdoor Structures
Bike
#WhatNotToDo Cities, developers, don't keep buying storm drains with bike-tired-shaped openings. It's 2017. #epicfail
cars are parked in front of a store on the side of the road with palm trees
Bike Rack
Energy
House Styles
Home Decor
Hmmm. Where to start? #whatnottodo #stroad #badtrad #thatsnotthedoor #thatsnotaplaza #energycodewindows But there is a bike rack... #probablyLEED
people are walking around in front of a church with tall towers and steeple tops
Ferry Building
Ferry Building San Francisco
Notre Dame
San Francisco
Don't put one of those next to your 1773 cathedral. #whatnottodo
an apartment complex with cars parked on the side of the road in front of it
Cabin
#whatnottodo Where to begin? Don't juxtapose a blank-walled piece of chalet against your mountain backdrop and streetcorner. #sterilizingthepublicrealm
a bike lane on the side of an overpass with tall buildings in the background
Bicycle
Water
Hmm, somehow, painting a faded sharrow marking on THIS terrifying highway just doesn't do much to inspire one to ride a bicycle... (There is one; look closely.) #whatnottodo
the view from inside a car looking at an overpass with buildings in the background
Hmm, somehow, painting a faded sharrow marking on THIS terrifying highway just doesn't do much to inspire one to ride a bicycle... (There is one; look closely.) #whatnottodo
cars are parked on the side of an empty street in front of tall buildings and palm trees
South Miami
Coral Gables
Seriously asking: Aren't we ready yet for Red Road, on the South Miami - Coral Gables border, to be more than a car-only space? Is this the best we can do? #carhabitat #whatnottodo
black and white photograph of walkway next to water
Glass Office Building
City Office
Glass Office
River Walk
Office Building
#whatnottodo Don't go to all the trouble of making a wonderful Riverwalk esplanade and THEN slam a hermetically sealed, blank, flat, dead, reflective glass office building against it. Oh, and don't rent such buildings for city offices #notcivic
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Do not enter sign
Johnny walker blue label
Miami city
Downtown phoenix
South miami
an intersection with traffic lights and tall buildings in the background on a sunny day,
Phoenix Downtown
Downtown Phoenix
Building
2- Two corner buildings, downtown Phoenix. Which habitat supports human life? #whatnottodo #APA16
a white car is stopped at an intersection in front of a building with palm trees
Downtown Houston Aquarium
Habitat
Phoenix
Multi Story Building
Human
1- Two corner buildings, downtown Phoenix. Which habitat supports human life? #whatnottodo #APA16
the sun shines brightly on an empty street in front of buildings and palm trees
Breakfast Food
Wonder
Coffee
City of Phoenix
No surprise cyclists take sidewalks when streets are still like this. Phoenix has an awesome bikeshare system, but many streets to fix. No wonder motorists seem startled when they see a cyclist. #whatnottodo
an orange sign that says cross walk on the side of a street with cars driving down it
Crossroads Quote
Traffic Quotes Roads
Run The Race With Endurance Faith
The Road Not Taken
Bike Lane
Traffic Meme Humor
Getting Out
Walter Kulash used to joke, "We traffic engineers don't mind if you use our roads, we'd just rather you didn't insist on turning ON and OFF of them all the time." This 'stroad' has a bike lane, for the few cyclists that are willing to ride next to high-speed traffic, but how can they turn left when there are no real intersections? Where is a pedestrian supposed to cross? (The crosswalks are more than half a mile apart.) We need to get out of the Teflon-coated "channelized traffic" mindset.
an old photo with the caption scene outside wall decor inside is in front of some cars
Multistory Buildings
Outside Wall Decor
Design Sustainability
Interesting Thoughts
City Planning
Funny Images Laughter
Dream World
Some of the folks in the community are "concerned that multistory buildings will disrupt the familiar one-story scale."