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Revue Urbanisme. Métropolitiques. FNAU. Urban Advantage: Project descriptions El Paso, Texas El Paso has grown rapidly in recent decades and is continuing to grow with expansion of the United States Army’s Fort Bliss. Additional housing is needed, but auto-oriented patterns of development has not engendered pride of place with El Paso citizens. The City set out to rewrite its comprehensive plan hiring Florida urban design firm Dover, Kohl & Partners. DK assembled a team of consultants for multiple charrettes to help citizens rethink the City’s future. Steve Price of Urban Advantage joined the team to produce photo-simulations demonstrating how development could be positively guided with new urban standards.

The visualization above shows how the modernist city hall and surrounds could be transformed into a walkable civic neighborhood with more transparent and inviting buildings. Mt. Mt. San Francisco, California San Jose, California Washington, DC East Port of Spain, Trinidad-Tobago Walnut Creek, California Links to additional projects. Le revue de presse de l'urbaniste.