Sentences with phrase «of walkable»

I was very happy with our floors, but we had a very small space, so the 2» x3 ′ bath mat covered at least half of the walkable floor.

Azul Baldwin Park is positioned in the heart of a walkable community.

The video also looks at the latest trends in contract signings and NAR research showing the importance of walkable communities to the country's millennial generation.

In addition to being close to their jobs, young professionals are attracted to the host of walkable amenities that cities offer, including a lively nightlife, shopping destinations and cultural opportunities.

Watch: REALTOR ® University visiting lecturer Christopher Leinberger talks about the economics of walkable communities.

And the supply of walkable, transit - friendly neighborhoods in U.S. cities is limited.

The supply of walkable, transit - friendly neighborhoods in the U.S. is limited, and it's really hard for political reasons to add density to them or build more of them.

Barcelona shifted its entire economic strategy, and did pretty well since, around the concept of the walkable and people - centred city.

Realtors ® from across the country gathered today to learn about the importance and benefits of walkable urban communities in real estate development.

The panelists also discussed the importance of looking at current zoning regulations in major cities and how those regulations could be slowing down the development of walkable places.

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2015)-- Realtors ® from across the country gathered today to learn about the importance and benefits of walkable urban communities in real estate development during a panel organized by the REALTOR ® University Richard J. Rosenthal Center for Real Estate Studies during the REALTORS ® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo.

Keith also educates clients about the value of walkable communities and encourages them to consider the distances to school, work, parks, and other amenities to cut down on driving.

The average resident of a walkable neighborhood weighs 6 — 10 pounds less than someone who lives in a sprawling neighborhood, according to Walk Score — an app that measures walkability.

They include redesigning a suburban hospital campus to become a mixed - use town center; transforming the area around a mall into an urbane downtown; re-imagining a typical commercial highway corridor as a string of walkable neighborhoods connected by streetcar; and, finally, a plan to remake a large, sprawling city into one of the most walkable, age - friendly cities in the country.

Over the last several years, the D.C. suburb has sought to replicate along the Pike the success it had in creating a string of walkable neighborhoods around Metro Rail stations in the Rosslyn - Ballston corridor.

Urban residential environments and senior citizens» longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces

When I first saw Steve's checklist of walkable urbanism, I thought it was flawed because different people will walk different distances; my accountant is two miles away but I often walk it.

And now it has forward - looking zoning that will encourage development of a walkable city.

The current transportation bills in the House are a gift to Big Oil at the expense of walkable, bikeable communities.

Given Tortuga Bay's prime beachfront location in San Jose Del Cabo, guests have easy access to miles of walkable shoreline, and are just minutes from golf courses, restaurants, historic sites, shopping and a world - class marina.

Along with 1.2 miles of walkable boardwalk, the downtown Myrtle Beach area is home to tons of great shops, restaurants, hotels, rides, attractions, and entertainment.

The coast stretches south for miles of walkable, mostly empty beach.

Why: 3 miles of walkable, white sandy beach right outside your door!

He sights the Highline in Manhattan as a successful example of a walkable urban space.

Check out our list of walkable cities with low veterinary care costs and plenty of dog parks to see where your dog can get fresh air and playtime while you get to live in a big city.

At a time when budgets are tight, obesity epidemic, and fuel costs likely to rise, schools at the center of walkable communities are seen as both healthful and thrifty.

This cross-sectional analysis of a large sample of Canadians was unique in combining objective measures of physical activity with digital map based measures of walkable neighbourhoods.

A growing number of walkable urban areas suggests that the era of sprawling suburbs may be ending

Among the nine criteria used to evaluate projects are the location of the development in relation to the municipality's master plan, efforts to advance the creation of walkable neighborhoods, a «significant unmet need» in the community for senior housing, and whether the project will be at least 50 % occupied by seniors with an income at or below 60 % of the median income in Erie County.

While relaxing at the resort, guests can take advantage of the on - site spa, meander Kauai's longest stretch of walkable beach, learn how to snorkel or scuba dive with free lessons in the pool, and take part in an impressive selection of on - site cultural activities like poolside lei - making classes, hula dancing lessons, and a daily Sunrise Ceremony on the beach, not to mention family friendly koi fish feeding activities.

Not exact matches

San Francisco offers many libraries, high rates of philanthropy, a large number of five - star nursing homes, few car crashes per capita, walkable communities, and mild weather.

Both Myers and the Atlantic's Joe Pinsker speculate that one major source of competition for aging millennials could be what Nielsen has called «urban burbs» — suburban developments built to be walkable, and include a mix of living and retail space, while still offering cheaper, larger houses.

The purpose of doing so was to guarantee connectivity in order to ensure the ability to help build a walkable neighborhood, as Vegas has generally been a car - driving town.

We invested in a critical mass of small businesses as well as our own operations (mostly food and beverage) to help make the area both safer and more walkable.

(c) suburban and exurban housing prices have been flat since 2008 in metro Vancouver, whereas (like in Toronto) prices have risen in the inner core, but I'm not sure I'd attribute that to the carbon tax as much as people deciding to value their time over the size of their home (and value the walkable, transit - oriented lifestyle).

After all, downtowns, especially these days, would seem a good bet, what with the preferences of Millennials and Boomers alike to spend time in walkable areas.

As early as 1986, Mayor Oscar Goodman created a redevelopment agency to focus on downtown, but it initially chased after office buildings and other projects that would not have benefited an urban, walkable core, Steve van Gorp, an urban planner who was a senior planner with the city of Las Vegas, told me.

Rather than endure long commutes and daily congestion, residents of PorterShed can choose to work and live in places that are connected, walkable, bike - able and connected by technology.

Rather than endure long commutes and daily congestion, residents of Portershed can choose to work and live in places that are connected, walkable, bike - able and connected by technology.

With an increasing population that is quickly approaching 300,000, downtown Chula Vista is highly walkable and features plenty of places to eat, shop, buy groceries, or simply sit while drinking your favorite hot beverage.

Walkable Cities place # 54 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions.

In this sense we say things like, «it is in the nature of human beings» or «it is natural for human beings» to, for example, conceive and be conceived in male - female coitus, nurse their young, employ productive and practical reason, desire to know, live in walkable settlements, think in symbolic narrative, live well, etc..

In the case of a city made of neighborhoods, this means that a neighborhood contains within walkable proximity to one another places to live, work, play, learn and worship.

Think of the low - rise, high - density character of neighborhoods in Paris, London or Charleston, or any pre-1945 American town or city neighborhood, which are characterized above all by a beautiful, walkable, convenient public realm that more than compensates for their small building parcels.

With other members of the Congress for New Urbanism, I contend that the mixed - use walkable neighborhood is the sine qua non of urban design and that it ought to be a focus of both public policy and urban planning, whether such neighborhoods are considered in isolation or in relation to other neighborhoods.

«We're big fans of Mueller's diverse, sustainable, and walkable community and are looking forward to being a part of this dynamic urban village in the heart of Austin,» Ayer says.

Old Town Temecula combines the region's storied past and its exciting up - and - coming future in a unique blend of shops, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, and event opportunities in one walkable, easy - to - navigate hub for visitors to explore.

Chattanooga is a terrifically walkable city, and no visit would be complete without a stroll across the Walnut Street Bridge — one of the world's longest pedestrian bridges, spanning the Tennessee River — to the North Shore, home to galleries, boutiques and casual restaurants like Milk & Honey.

Home to such celebrity chefs as Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller, and Nobu Matsuhisa, to name a few, Beverly Hills is one of the most renowned culinary destinations in the world with global cuisine from France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam, Austria, and Venezuela, and more — all within the City's walkable 5.5 square miles.

This private, historical estate encompasses 14 walkable acres in the heart of the Arroyo Seco Highlands looking out over the Arroyo Seco River Canyon and the Ventana Wilderness.