| Design Guidelines for Strip Malls, Chicago |
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| DLK created design guidelines
for strip mall development for the City of Chicago. The guidelines
feature site specific scenarios for pedestrian, transitional and
automobile context, and provide building guidelines, arcades and
signage design.
The guidelines were created as a response to the Strip Mall Ordinance
which is intended to promote commercial development that is contextual
with the surrounding neighborhoods, provides adequate landscaping,
mitigates potential traffic conflicts, screens trash containers
and loading docks from public view, and minimizes signage clutter.
It also encourages maintenance of urban streetwalls and enhancement
of pedestrian activity within commercial corridors and neighborhood
shopping districts.
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