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Seaport Square, Boston
Kendall Square, Cambridge
West End, Boston
Fenway, Boston
South End, Boston
Somerville, MA
Everett, MA
Chinatown
The Back Bay
East Boston
All of these are official neighborhoods in Boston or cities/municipalities outside of the City of Boston
Thanks!
Seaport Square, Boston = +1 point
Kendall Square, Cambridge = Outside City limits (see rules)
West End, Boston = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules) Fenway, Boston = +1 point
South End, Boston = +1 point
Somerville, MA = Outside City limits (see rules)
Everett, MA = Outside City limits (see rules)
Chinatown = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules)
The Back Bay = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules)
East Boston (Eastie) = Not downtown level urban development (see rules)
Boston = 3 points
North Team = 11 Points
South Team = 0 Points
Please remember, we are looking for neighborhoods that have downtown level development within city limits.
The last decade can be labeled as the "return to the city" with cities all over America seeing a ton of development. This thread is a contest to see which regions collectively experienced the most change in city limits measured by the number of neighborhoods that experienced substantial increases in their urbanity meaning mid-rises, high-rises, skyscrapers.
So many cities around America have new neighborhoods that were not considered urban before 2010 and some neighborhoods barely existed before 2010. Here is the criteria below. To be fair, NYC is not included because it could win this alone. It's just too big.
Cities
Northern City Team
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C.
Southern City Team
Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston
Google Streetview Rules
1. Choose as many neighborhoods in the city limits as possible with significant urban development changes that took place between 2007-2008 to now in 2022 showing how the neighborhoods have changed.
2. Post the google streetview from 2007-2008 and the most current google streetview.
3. Label each neighborhood posted so we can keep count.
Criteria
1. Only choose neighborhoods in city limits.
2. Only choose neighborhoods that experienced downtown urban level development. Places that may have been parking lots or under developed lots that now have mixed-use with mid-rise, high-rise, or skyscrapers.
Ranking/Points
Each "Different" neighborhood in each city that can display significant change counts as 1 point. An example of what constitutes a neighborhood is below:
1. Boston = Seaport is 1, Northend is 1, Chinatown is 1
2. Miami = Brickell is 1, Wynwood is 1, Overtown is 1
Seaport Square, Boston = +1 point
Kendall Square, Cambridge = Outside City limits (see rules)
West End, Boston = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules) Fenway, Boston = +1 point
South End, Boston = +1 point
Somerville, MA = Outside City limits (see rules)
Everett, MA = Outside City limits (see rules)
Chinatown = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules)
The Back Bay = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules)
East Boston (Eastie) = Not downtown level urban development (see rules)
Boston = 3 points
North Team = 11 Points
South Team = 0 Points
Please remember, we are looking for neighborhoods that have downtown level development within city limits.
2. Only choose neighborhoods that experienced downtown urban level development. Places that may have been parking lots or underdeveloped lots that now have mixed-use with mid-rise, high-rise, or skyscrapers.
This criterion fits the Midrise Criteria for East Boston,
The Parking lot and High rise criteria fit for Chinatown
How are you excluding infill when the criteria specifically target infill?
As an aside I think neighborhood transformation is a little more interesting and will differentiate cities more. Whats your reason for not wanting that too unwieldy/too many exmaples? I could see that..
The last decade can be labeled as the "return to the city" with cities all over America seeing a ton of development. This thread is a contest to see which regions collectively experienced the most change in city limits measured by the number of neighborhoods that experienced substantial increases in their urbanity meaning mid-rises, high-rises, skyscrapers.
So many cities around America have new neighborhoods that were not considered urban before 2010 and some neighborhoods barely existed before 2010. Here is the criteria below. To be fair, NYC is not included because it could win this alone. It's just too big.
Cities
Northern City Team
Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C.
Southern City Team
Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston
Google Streetview Rules
1. Choose as many neighborhoods in the city limits as possible with significant urban development changes that took place between 2007-2008 to now in 2022 showing how the neighborhoods have changed.
2. Post the google streetview from 2007-2008 and the most current google streetview.
3. Label each neighborhood posted so we can keep count.
Criteria
1. Only choose neighborhoods in city limits.
2. Only choose neighborhoods that experienced downtown urban level development. Places that may have been parking lots or under developed lots that now have mixed-use with mid-rise, high-rise, or skyscrapers.
Ranking/Points
Each "Different" neighborhood in each city that can display significant change counts as 1 point. An example of what constitutes a neighborhood is below:
1. Boston = Seaport is 1, Northend is 1, Chinatown is 1
2. Miami = Brickell is 1, Wynwood is 1, Overtown is 1
2. Only choose neighborhoods that experienced downtown urban level development. Places that may have been parking lots or underdeveloped lots that now have mixed-use with mid-rise, high-rise, or skyscrapers.
This criterion fits the Midrise Criteria for East Boston,
The Parking lot and High rise criteria fit for Chinatown
How are you excluding infill when the criteria specifically target infill?
As an aside I think neighborhood transformation is a little more interesting and will differentiate cities more. Whats your reason for not wanting that too unwieldy/too many exmaples? I could see that..
Which links are you talking about? It wasn't infill? Could you please post the neighborhoods so I can take another look? And yes, infill would be wayyyyyy to many examples.
Pittsburgh's Bloomfield Little Italy = Existed already (looks like infill, see rules)
Pittsburgh's East Liberty = +1 point
Pittsburgh = 1 points
North Team = 12 Points
South Team = 3 Points
That section of Bloomfield was filled with auto dealer lots. The intersection shown was filled with cars and very old auto dealer warehouses from the 1920's or 30's. This area was previously a auto centric dead zone
Which links are you talking about? It wasn't infill? Could you please post the neighborhoods so I can take another look? And yes, infill would be wayyyyyy to many examples.
I just did that in the post you quoted.
Your second criteria: Only choose neighborhoods that experienced downtown urban level development. Places that may have been parking lots or under developed lots that now have mixed-use with mid-rise, high-rise, or skyscrapers. meets the definition of infill development to a tee. “ Infill development refers to the construction of buildings or other facilities on previously unused or underutilized land located within an existing urban–or otherwise developed–area. This type of development is meant to encourage density and accommodate environmentally sustainable urban growth by making use of existing utility and transportation infrastructure. Infill can mean development on vacant or formerly industrial land, such as former railyards, military bases, or parking lots” https://www.planetizen.com/definitio...ll-development
So you can’t exclude infill.
Therefore you’d have to count East Boston and Chinatown as points.
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