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Street Café

Opening context: Identifiable Neighborhood, Activity Nodes, Small Public Squares

Conflict

The street café provides a unique setting, special to cities: a place where people can sit lazily, legitimately, be on view, and watch the world go by.

Resolution

Encourage local cafés to spring up in each neighborhood. Make them intimate places, with several rooms, open to a busy path, where people can sit with coffee or a drink and watch the world go by. Build the front of the café so that a set of tables stretch out of the café, right into the street.

Closing context:
Opening to the Street, A Place to Wait, Different Chairs, Stair Seats, Sitting Wall