How well can you size up or read a neighborhood? Based on your observations, what are your initial impressions?

research paper
i. brief written summary based on empirical observations
-choose a neighborhood that you are familiar with: DeSoto TX
-location can be anywhere in the world
-document your initial impressions (or reading)
-frame your observations in terms of human-scale design principles, and
evidence of community
ii. length: between 1,000 and 1,500 words
iii. supplement text with maps, sketches, photos
How well can you size up or read a neighborhood? Based on your
observations, what are your initial impressions? Does the neighborhood succeed or
fail as a community, based on the human-scale design principles we have
discussed (well-defined centers and edges, mixed uses, corridors that define and
connect, a range of transportation options, the street pattern as a network, and civic
buildings in prominent sites)?

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