In response to my previous article, Bruce Liedstrand of Community Design Strategies in Paris writes,
I read with interest your essay on The Geometry of Nowhere because I divide my time between Paris and Silicon Valley (the site of your Cupertino Target store example). After re-reading the essay, I am puzzled. I hear your frustration with narrow sidewalks, but I am lost in understanding your concept of “place”.
I will, but not very often. After something grows big, there comes to be a point where you contribute more by removing things than by adding more.