FALL 1996, VOL 1 ISSUE 4. Addison Cirele IIOME iO ADDISON'S FIRST MODERN ROUNDABOUT "I just can't get left," declares an exasperared Chevy Chase in me movie European vacation as he and his liunily circle a traffic rotary in London for the lOOth time. Scenes like these have gone a long way toward shaping public opinion regarding traffic circles. The tcuth, however. is that examples throughout Europe, where rhe roundabout is a common [raffie f1Xture) and more recently in [he United States have proven rime and again that roundabouts reduce injury accidents. traffic delays. fuel consumption, and air pollution while increasing capaciry and enhancing intersection beaut)'. The cicy ofV.il, Colorado recenrly constructed a modern roundabour in one of the mosr congested inrersecrions in fown. The result? 1i-affic waits were reduced an average of 45 minures with no 􀁩􀁮􀁪􀁵􀁲􀁹􀁾􀁣􀁡􀁵􀁳􀁪􀁮􀁧􀀠accidents. The local newspapers and residents have reversed their initial opposition and the roundabout has become a model for other projecrs across the COUntry. Addison's roundabout at the intersection ofMildred Road and Quorum Drive will be the centerpiece of the new Addison Circle developmem. "We believe there are many benefirs from a modern roundabout/' explains Addison Public Works Dicecror John Baumgartner. "Some misconceptions about roundabours stem from negative experiences with traffic circles designed using old design standards. Addison Circle is designed more effiden ely." The key to a roundabout is knowing the rules. As you approach a roundabout, [here wiJI be a YIELD sign and a dashed yield limit line. Slow down, watch for pedestrians and bicyclisrs and be prepared to srop if necessary. When you enter, yield to circulating trarnC on [he lefr, but do not smp jf it is dear. Upon passing me street prior co your exit, turn on your right rum signal and watch for pedestrians and bicydisrs as you exir. Quomm Drive reopened October 6. Let's Hear It For Fire Safety Test Your Detectors In recent years. three fihhs ofAmerica's home-fire fatalities have occurred in homes without smoke deLCctots. And, half of all F.ltal home fires happen at night. Inexpensive household smoke detectors can mean me difference between life and death. They sound an early warning in rhe event offire, waking people before they are overcome by smoke and giving chern rime to escape. Even if your home is sprinkJercryday ('H/'irnI1l1l('111 H.'Orllty of Ollr affection A1ERrCANS sense that something is wrong \\-ith till.' places where we Jive nnd work and go aboul our daily business. We he«f this 􀁵􀁮􀁨􀁾􀁬􀁰􀁰􀁩􀁮􀁥􀁳.... expn.."c\! in phrases like uno sense ofpJacc" and "111(' loss ()r community," We drive up and down th0 gruesome. 􀁩􀀡􀀧􀁡􀁾􀁩.... suburban boulevards of commerce, Hnd wc'r>: ov('rwhl..'lmL"J at the fantastic. awesome. stupefying ugtin\:ss of 􀁡􀁨􀁳􀁮􀁬􀁌􀁬􀁨􀀺􀁬􀁾􀀠 everylhing in sight-the fry pits. the big-box 􀀮􀁜􀁴􀁯􀁲􀁾􀁳􀀮􀀠tht: office units. the lube joints., the carpet warehouses. llt..:-􀁰􀀼􀀮􀁴􀁲􀁾􀁩􀁮􀁧􀀠 lagoons, the jive plastic townhouse clusters. Ihe uproar of signs. the highway itself clogged with car!i-:'Is though tilL' whole thing had been designed by some diabolical foree bent on making 􀁨􀁵􀁭􀁲􀁩􀁾􀀠'beings miserable. And n<.Hurally. this e).perience can make us feel glum about the nature Hnd futur;: of our civilization. When we drive around and look at all this cmWon architecture and other junk that we've smeared ali over th(' landSl:'lpe. WI! reg.ister it as ugliness. This ugUness is the surface expression of deeper probkms-problems that relate to ttie i"sll>.:' of OUf national charncter. The highway strip is not just a sL'ljucnCI! of eyesores:. The pattern it represents is also ecoIlomit:'ally catastrophic, an environmental calamity, socially 􀁤􀁾􀁜􀀧􀁬􀀮􀁉􀁳􀁬􀁡􀁴􀁩􀀡􀁬􀁧 􀀬􀀠and spiritually degrading:. It is no small irony that during the period of America's gr':'lt(':\t prosperity. in the decades following the Second \\'odd Wac we put up almost nothing but the cheapest possibIt:' buildings, particularly civic buildings. Compare any riehII embellished firehouse or post office built in 1904 with its dreary concrete-box counterpart today. Compare the home of " ,mall-town bank president of the 1&90" with its massive masonry walls and complex. roof articulation, with the flimsy home of. 1990s business leader, made of two-by-fauts, Shel.?tfOck, and fake fanHght \vindows. When we were a far 􀁫􀀺􀁾􀁳􀀠\\"ealthy nation. "''l''e built things with the expectation that Tltl: .\Tl..\'\YrC .\1U:\TIII,\· the new stuff that America was about to build, The town 􀁤􀁾􀂭 molishcd it with a kind of mad glee. What reph1ced the hotel was a strip mall anchored by. of ali lhings, a Grand Union supermarket. This shopping plaza was prototypical for its lime. Tens of thousands of strip malls like it have been built "II over America since then. It is in every one of its details a 􀁰􀁥􀁲􀁲􀁥􀁾􀁴􀀠 pieee ofjunk It is the .nti·place. What had been the hean and soul of the town was now converted into a kind of mini-Outer Mongolia. The strip· mall buildings were set back from Broadway 150 feet, and a parking lot filled the gap. The street and the buildings com· menced a nonrelatlonship. Sinee the new buildings were Olle story high, their scale bore no relation to the scale of the town's most important street. They failed to create a street wall. The perception thaI the slreel funclioned as an oUldoor :-imply thlll\\! "way tlle 􀁰􀁾􀁴􀀧􀁩􀁌􀀠􀁔􀁨􀁾􀀠owners of the supermark('( lhal 􀁾􀀡􀁉􀁬􀁤􀁪􀁴􀀩􀁲􀀨􀀧􀁤􀀠lhe mali didn't live live in [own. They didn't care \\ hat 􀀨􀀧􀁲􀁲􀁣􀁾􀁴􀀠 tlh..'ir 􀁤􀁾􀁳􀁩􀁧􀁮􀀠con;.;idcrn.tio ns had on the town. They cCI1ainly didn't care nbout the town's past, and their imCI'('S! in Ihe town's future had largely to do with 􀁲􀁥􀁣􀁨􀁮􀁩􀁣􀁡􀁬􀁾􀀠 iu('s of sdling dog food and soup flakes. \\'hal has happened to the inlerrelalion of healthy, living p;[[lemS of human ecology in the town where I live has 􀁨􀁡􀁰􀁾􀀠 􀁰􀁥􀁮􀁾􀁤􀀠all oyer the country. Almost everywhere the larger panerns arc in snch a sorry sti.lte [hat the details seem irrek"ant \Vhl.!!l Saratoga Springs invested tens of thousands of Jollars in ViCiOl'hm-style Slreetlamps in an effort to create ills-tam charm. the gesture seemed pathetic, because the larg 􀁾􀁲􀀠design failures were ignored. It is hard to overstate how ridkll!Oll.'i these lampposts look in the eontext of our desoroom was lost. The space between the buildings and the slreet now had one function: automobile storage. The street, and consequenlly the public re"lm in geneml, w:ts degmded by the design of lhe mall. As the street's imporl<1nce as a publie place declined, !O\Vllspcople ceased to care what 􀁨􀁾􀁬􀁰􀂭 pened in it. If it become jammed with cars, so much the better, because individual cars were now understood to PC not 111crely personal transportalion but personal home-delivery vehicles, enabling cuslOlllers to haul away enormous \'01llllles of merchandise "cry efficiently. at no cost to (he merchandiser-which was a grem boon for business. Tlwt is why the citizens of Saratoga Springs in 1953 were willing It) :-;acrilke the town's 􀁭􀁮􀁾􀁬􀀠􀁭􀁾􀁜􀁧􀁮􀁩􀁦􀁫􀁣􀁮􀁬􀀠building. \Ve could 1'11"';(' built/iug... t/(· ...(·rl·(· (trrhil('('lttl"tll (·utlH·lli...·llmetrt in (1I",lt>r If) {'x')r(!" ... IItt' lli;olif," IIJ tlfl' i""{i/ulio,,s {/t('.l· IllHfJH' (Hltl (o hfUlllr lilt' pl(/,Ue rpI(11II oj 11,,-· lilreel. 1'11(')' ,,1.'<11 U(·!u..r('p illl(JlUltltll NUt·S late streets and the cheap. IIHlppmpriate new buildings timid their parking lots in what remains of our downtown. The lamppo.'>t SI.'heIllC was like putling Band-Aids on someone \diO haJ tripped and fallen 011 his chuinsaw, 􀁔􀁨􀁾􀀠􀁯􀁬􀁬􀁣􀁾􀁳􀁬􀁯􀁲􀁹􀀭􀁨􀁩􀁧􀁨􀀠Gnilld Union strip-mall building must P\! 􀁬􀁕􀁩􀁴􀀱􀁾􀁬􀀺􀀧􀁉􀁯􀁏􀁤􀀠i:\S a p,IHel'll in h..;.elf. a dead one, which infecLs \urrmlndlllg town tissue \\'ilh ilS deadness, Putting up 􀁯􀁮􀁥􀁾􀀠 ...wry C('1IlHl1CITial huildings eliminated a large number of U\l! lmd!\!\ downtown ••ll1d undermined the vitality of (hI.! tu\\ n. One-\wry mall buildings b!!came ubiquitous across the UniwJ 􀁓􀁬􀁾􀁈􀁃􀁓􀀠after the W;lr, a predictable byproduct of the 􀀻􀁴􀁬􀁪􀁬􀁬􀁩􀁬􀁬􀁾􀀠 !.::iigt.,j\llilat deel1lcd shopping and apartmem 􀁩􀁩􀁜􀀧􀁾􀀠 􀁩􀁮􀁾􀀠h) t;c lillsuitahk lll.!ighhors, 􀁓􀁉􀀺􀁉􀀧􀁬􀀧􀁬􀁜􀁾􀁬􀁮􀁴􀀺􀁬􀁉􀀠 t99b Ii .. 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I'lll"" h;lf Illn'''lIl1J; H:ldth1Ihhip., 􀁨􀀮􀀮􀀺􀁴􀁜􀁾􀀢􀀢􀁃􀁉􀁉􀀠 n,""id<-'u",'''''''' ;m.J IIIL' 􀀢􀀬􀁨􀁊􀁾􀁜􀁜􀁡􀁈􀀮􀀬􀀠 􀁥􀁲􀁾􀁬􀁉􀁴􀁩􀁮􀁧􀀠SOIll('lllnn them-get rid of theIll. Set them on lire if pos$ible and make a ALMoST everywhere in the United States I.ws prohibit building the kinds or pluL'cS that Americnns themselves consider authentic and tradilional. Laws prevent the building of places that human beings can ree) good in and can afford (0 live in. Laws forbid us to build pklCCS that are worth caring about. Is lvtain Street your idea ofit nice business district? Sorry. your zoning laws won't let you build it. or even extend it where it already exists. Is Elm Slreet your idea of a nice place to live-you know. houses with front porches on a tree-lined street? Sorry. Elm Street cannot be assembled under the rules of farge-lot zoning and modern traffic engineering. All you can build where I live is another version of Los Angeles-the zoning laws say so. This is not a gag. Our zoning Imvs are essemially a manual of instructions for creming thc stuff of our communities. Most of these laws have been in place only since the Second World War. For the previous 􀀳􀀰􀀰􀁾􀁯􀁤􀁤􀀠years of Americun 􀁨􀁩􀁾􀂷􀁩􀁴􀁭􀀩􀀧􀀠we 􀁤􀁩􀁤􀁮􀁾􀁴􀀠have zoning laws. \Ve had a popular consensus about the right way to assemble a town or a city. Our best Main Streets and Elm Streets were eretlted not by municipal 􀁯􀁲􀁤􀁩􀁾􀀠 n"nces but by cultuml agreement. Everybody agreed th"t buHdings on Main Street ought to be more than one s:tory tall: that corner groceries were good to have in residcnlial neighborhoods; that streets ought to inlersc(,l with other s1rCCls to facilitate movement; that sidewalks were ncce::.sary. and tll'lt orderly rows of trees pJaJ1led nlung them. made the 􀁳􀁩􀁤􀁣􀁷􀁡􀁬􀁫􀁾􀀠 much more pleasant: lhat 􀁲􀁯􀁯􀁦􀁾􀀠should be pitched to shcd rain and snow; that doors should be conspicuous. so that one 􀁣􀁏􀁾􀁬􀁬􀁤􀀠 easily find the entrance to a building; 􀀱􀀱􀀱􀁩􀀮􀁬􀁴􀁾􀁷􀁩 􀁮􀁤􀁯􀁷􀁳􀀠should be vertical, to dignify a hou,", Everybody agreed that communities needed different kinds of housing to meetthe needs of different kind;;) of famities and individunls, and the market wa:; allowed to suppty them. Our 􀁧􀁲􀁥􀁮􀁴􀀭􀁧􀁮􀁭􀁤􀁰􀁾􀁩􀁲􀁣􀁮􀁴􀁳􀀠didn't have to argue endlessly over these matters of civic design. Nor did they have to reinvent civic design evel), fifty years because 110 one could remember what had been agreed on. Everybody agreed that both private and public buildings should be ornamented and embellished to honor Ihe public realm of the street. so town halls. firehouses. banks, and homes were built th;'1l today nre on the National Register of Historic Placcs. We can"l'cplicate any of that sluff, OUl' laws actually forbid it. Wallt to build a bank in Anytowll, USA! Fine. Make sure that it's surrounded by at least an Here of parking, and tHat irs set back from tile street at lema se\'emyfive feet. (Of cou"e, it will be one story,) The instructions for a church or a mufller shop are identical. That's exactly what your laws ten you to build. If you deviate from the telnplme. you will not reccive u building permit. Therefore, if you want to 􀁬􀁬􀀱􀁡􀁫􀁾􀀠your l'ommunily better. hcgin at once by throwing .out your zoning laws. Don't revise public ceremony of it; public ceremony is a great way 10 announce the binh of a new consensus. While you're at it, throw out your"maslcl' plan" too. II's 􀁩􀁮􀁶􀁡􀁬􀀧􀁩􀁾􀁬􀁢􀁬􀁹􀀠just as bad. Replacc thcse things with <.l traditional to\vn-planning ordinance t!llIt prescribes a more desirable everyday eovironmen.t. The pructice of zoning 􀁾􀁴􀁡􀁲􀁴􀁥􀁤􀀠enrly in the lwentieth ccntury. nt n lime \vhen industry had reached an enormous sCC pl'indples 10 become second nnture again. to become common sense. Ir may not happen at nil, in which case we ough! to be very concerncd, In the event that this body or 􀁩􀁤􀁾􀁬􀁬􀁓􀀠gains wicicsprl':ud acceptance. Ihink of all the time and money we'll save! No more endless nights down at the zoning board wutl.:hing the NIMBYs sercum at the mall developers. No more 􀁦􀀮􀀺􀀡􀁡􀁬􀁾􀁥􀁾􀁴􀀮􀁵􀁥􀀭􀁲􀁣􀁬􀁡􀁴􀁥􀁤􀀠lawsuits. \Ve will have time, instead. to become 􀁢􀁴􀀮􀀡􀁵􀁾􀁲􀀠people and to clDoy our lives On a phmet full ofbt.!awy and nlyMt!ry. Hcrc.lht.!n, are some of the things citizens \vill nc.:!d to know in order to create , Ftlililll/Ji. wall.... I tUIlPIJo.-.!s. ItIHI front gtlrl/{!JI.'i ilt'II' to 􀁳􀁾􀀨􀁬􀁬􀁴􀂷􀀠tllttll>iltllH' lilt' cll-ir "/HU"l' TItE ATI..\STIC 110\TIII.' lien: that the 􀁾􀀮􀁴􀁨􀀮􀀺􀀠or C\'\.'11 0\11' grcale;-.! 􀁤􀀡􀁫􀀧􀁾􀀠will 􀁮􀁾􀁴􀀮􀀺􀁣􀁾􀁳􀁡􀁲􀁪􀂭 Iy havc (0 hecomc smallel' in the fuiH!'e. r;('/I Ille "ITl't'! iN fl,P 􀁊􀀱􀁲􀁦􀀧􀁾􀁥􀀢􀀧􀁩􀀢􀁰􀁉􀁬􀀱􀀠 killd til puhllC' XPIU't' flucf J/lIill tilre.·' is fill' IU"t'-f'lII;uf>nl kiotl tl! xlr('{'I. Iluildillgs lUt'('1 lilt' Jiit/('u'fr/k £>1.1g(', !f1rl1l;ug U ll'(fillli(ti ;Iil"t'N "Iuill Slr('pl lI,p !t,(·/iull 411 (lit Oil/flour r'Hl1lf. 1'(>(JI,lp ('(Ill lirl' I.HItI U"Jrl..· itl 11,(> IIppt>r N/(U';.'" O/,'U'f' 1/", SIHlil1';l1:t 􀁾􀁬􀁬􀁫􀁹􀁳􀀮􀀠In a town or a city timitl.!u-ncccss highways may exist only within ,I corridor. preferably in the farm of parkways. Cul-dc--suc!> are :;trongly discouflIgct! except under 􀁥􀁸􀁴􀁲􀁡􀁯􀁲􀁾􀀠 dinary dn.:umstanccs-ror example, where ruggt;!d topography requires them. 7, CiYic buildings, sLich as town huH!\, churches. schools. 􀁬􀁩􀁾􀀠 bntric:;. 'l!ld museums. are placed on preferential building .'illeS, such a.s the frontage of square:;, in neighborhood ecnle!"s, and where :;tree! vistas terminate, in order to serve as landmarks .tnd reinforce their symbolic impol1ancc. Buildings define parks and squares. \v!tich are distributed throughout the 􀁮􀁾􀁩􀁧􀁨􀁢􀁯􀁲􀁨􀁯􀁯􀁊􀀠nmJ appropriately tle:;jgned for recreutioH, 􀁲􀁣􀁾􀀠 pose. 􀁾􀁲􀁩􀁯􀁴􀁬􀁩􀁣􀀠commercial uses. and JoipcciaJ events such as P{l' litical mectings, concerts, thcntricals. exhibitions, and fairs. Bccilu;.;e Slrccts will differ in imp0l1ance. scale, and quality. wh,H i;; appropriate for a part of town with small hou5ef> 􀁉􀁬􀁬􀁾􀁬􀁹􀀠 not be nppropriate may function harmoniously. Under the regime of zoning and the professional 􀁯􀁜􀀧􀁥􀁲􀀺􀁜􀁰􀁣􀁾􀀠 􀁣􀁩􀁾􀁴􀁬􀁩􀁺􀁡􀁴􀁩􀁯􀁮􀀠thnt it fostered. all streelS were l11ade as wide 􀁡􀁾􀀠 po::;sible bet'ause the specialist in dmrge-the tramc 􀁣􀀡􀀱􀁧􀁩􀁾􀀠 nc:er-wi.\'S 􀁣􀁯􀁮􀁣􀁥􀁲􀁮􀁾􀁤􀀠!\olely with Iht movement of cars anu trucks. In the proce:o;s much of the traditional decor (hal mude :-tl'cets ple<\sil1lt for people WilS gotten rid of. For in,.;tance. street tree!o; were eliminated, Orderly rows of m;,Hurc tree;; can improvc e\'en (he most dismal 􀁾􀁴􀁲􀁥􀁥􀁴􀀠by softening huru eoge!' und :;unblu:\!cd 􀁢􀁬􀁾􀁡􀁫􀁮􀁣􀁳􀁳􀀮􀀠Under postwar 􀁴􀀮􀀧􀁮􀁧􀁩􀁾􀀠 Deering 􀀩􀀼􀁩􀁬􀁾􀁕􀁬􀁤􀁡􀁲􀁴􀁬􀁳􀀠slreel 􀁨􀁾􀁣􀁂􀀠wen:: deemed a 􀁨􀁡􀁺􀁾􀁵􀁵􀀠to 1110!orbt:o; and 􀁤􀁬􀁏􀁰􀁰􀁾􀀨􀁪􀀠down in many Americilll towns. 􀁾􀁊􀀺􀁬􀀧􀁲􀁬􀀺􀀢􀁬􀁬􀁬􀀮􀁬􀁴􀀠 􀁉􀀧􀁊􀀡􀁉􀁾􀀻􀀠 A('CO 111111 0 d it f i 􀁉􀁬􀁾􀀠 ,\ III .. III ubi I t' S THE practice of nm.'(imizing car movement at the 􀁥􀁸􀁾􀀠 p.:nsc of nil other Concerns was app1it.'!d Wilh prtrticlllur zeal to suburban housing subdivisions. Suburban streets were given the charaeteristics of county highw on designated !ihopping strt!ct!i near the '-'enter - arc encouraged to 􀁨􀁯􀁵􀁳􀁾􀀠n.:I;\il hU'iincsscs on the ground 1l{'Hlr. A 􀁢􀁵􀁩􀁬􀁤􀁾􀁴􀁯􀀠line 􀁤􀁣􀁴􀁥􀁲􀁬􀀱􀀱􀁩􀁮􀁾􀀺􀀭􀀭􀀮􀀠how 􀁌􀁬􀁯􀁾􀁣􀀠huildings wi!! stund to the street and promotes IT'gufar 􀁡􀁬􀁩􀁧􀁮􀀡􀁔􀁬􀁾􀁮􀁌􀀠Zoning ha..o.; a seemingly similar feature called Ihe sethack line, but it is intended to keep buildings far nway from the street in order 10 create p