Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Some cities are turning to the past for downtown design. Ancient cities were designed in a rectangular block with a roads system, public and private buildings, a theater, and an amphitheater.

A few design elements are enduring and shouldn't be forgotten. This needs to be remembered by developers and folks involved in Lexington real estate . Environmental factors are the greatest concerns for newer developments. Rather than removing trees, drainage corridors, and mountain slopes, developers strive to build around them to guard natural features, similar to earlier developments.

Details also contian easy "walkability," meaning eighty-percent of development is going to be within five minutes of 80 percent of all activities. Perhaps the biggest connection to ancient civilization is the fact that improvement relies less on the home and even more on the community.

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