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Corner Grocery

Opening context: Market of Many Shops, Web of Shopping, Identifiable Neighborhood

Conflict

It has lately been assumed that people no longer want to walk to local stores. This assumption is mistaken.

Resolution

Give every neighborhood at least one corner grocery, somewhere near its heart. Place these corner groceries every 200 to 800 yards, according to the density, so that each one serves about 1000 people. Place them on corners, where large numbers of people are going past. And combine them with houses, so that the people who run them can live over them or next to them.

Closing context:
Individually Owned Shops, The Shape of Indoor Space, Open Shelves, Main Entrance, Opening to the Street