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A space just for granny? A space just for granny? Consents will soon no longer be required to build a granny flat on your property, but what exactly do you need to get it started, and are there still restrictions on what you can do? We speak to a planning expert about the government’s proposed changes. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gWUD_d3K

When we wrote a robust set of design guidelines for Spokane's skywalks, we faced many of the same biases. A number of critics (including an association of business owners) thought that skywalks merely robbed pedestrian vitality from the streetscape. I posited another theory, that it was the internalization of retail at the second level of block interiors that was the sole reason for street-level retail vacancies - and that pedestrian bridges merely doubled the pedestrian network. By obscuring the street-level access points and by allowing skywalks' aesthetic appeal to be reduced to glazed "hamster tubes", the city had served to facilitate a separate economy between internal & external retail. The property owners who fund skywalks are merely seeking to increase their pedestrian-to-retail linear footage ratio within their limited holdings, hardly a justification to reduce street facing retail lease space. Rather, in exchange for allowing private development over publicly owned right-of-way the city failed to provide proper guidance and development requirements. Street level access, pedestrian orientation, wayfinder signage, engaging aesthetics (including artistic lighting), are all now development requirements for Spokane skywalks. Here's the link to Spokane's Skywalk Design Guidelines: https://lnkd.in/gvBCbPKT

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3700 US Highway 1 Westside, Rockledge, FL 32955 Sale Price: $1,500,000 Price / Acre: $750,000 Lot Size: 2.6+- Acres Property Video : https://lnkd.in/eGN9S_r5 The property is comprised of 4 parcels and two buildings with appx 1,339.56 +-feet On the West side of US 1 and directly across the street from the former and World-famous Harvey Groves. Water Supplied from the City of Cocoa. The sewer is currently septic. Note: City water and sewer are currently available to the South at the intersection of US 1 and Barnes Blvd. The City of Rockledge has expressed a willingness to annex the property into a C2- General Commercial category and provide city utilities. #USHighway1 #WestsideRockledge #FloridaRealEstate #Florida #SpaceCoastFlorida #CommercialHighway

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As I read about all those recent bridges collapsing, I keep thinking about the Federal Highway Administration 2018 Bridge Preservation Guide I like to revisit from time to time. Here is the link. https://lnkd.in/dmTsheCU

Fifty years ago in January 1972, listed status was given to a matching set of six cast-iron mileage markers located along the B5405 between the villages of Woodeaves and Great Bridgeford in Staffordshire. The markers which dated from the mid 19th century each gave the distance in miles to Stafford, Newport and London. They were a rare survival as a complete set, cast specifically for placement along this rural turnpike. Sadly today, only one of the six survives. The first of the set, located at the junction in Woodeaves was destroyed in a road traffic accident about 15 years ago. The others are thought to have been stolen, probably to be melted down for scrap. This case I feel highlights two important points, the first that something being given listed status, does not, as some people assume, give it automatic magical protection, and secondly how important the Historic England #MissingPiecesProject is. With around half a million listed sites across the country, keeping an eye on them all is a near impossible task, but by engaging enthusiasts in the local communities, this job becomes easier, particularly with small items like these mileage posts. If for example Lichfield Cathedral vanished one day, one would imagine that its absence would be spotted pretty quickly, but a small cast-iron roadside sign is easily overlooked.