Joe Urban | Sam Newberg, Urbanist


Where the Sidewalk Ends

Dateline: 2:46 pm January 9, 2008 Filed under:

(All apologies to Shel Silverstein) While on a recent site visit while writing for ULI Case Studies, I saw where the sidewalk ends. I was touring a new affordable housing project located along a commercial arterial road in Hayward, California, a post World War II suburb of San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose. As shown in the photo (see the “where the sidewalk ends” link above), the project, called Sara Conner Court, is pedestrian-friendly in spite of its surroundings, complete with sidewalks, (drought-resistant) landscaped boulevards and street trees. However, at the property line the sidewalk peters out and becomes a sort of partially…