1 Create a Town Design and build a community that moves away from sprawl and towards mixed land use and walkability. 2 Incremental Urbanisation Urbanizing a community, making sure it costs less and not going into debt. 3 Versatile Infrastructure Having a double use for things, like he said in the video if there were to be a 1000 year storm it would all drain there but in the meantime it is just used by children. 4 Limiting Lawns Lawns require lots of maintenance and lots of water. 5 Incubator Retail Incubator Retail gives small business owners to sell their products in very cheap places as a “test run”. If teh business does well they get to move to a better location, if they fail, they fail. - as said by the guy in the video TEMPORARY LOCATIONS 6 Progressive Retail Watching a business or store that will most likely fail grow and become a real and big business. (Takes real work) 7 Mixed use buildings There are some of these in Barrie where I used to live. Mixed use buildings are buildings that are used for different things. For example, the bottom of the building might be a doctors office, then a work space and then on the top some apartments. 8 Live/Work units Buildings that have one family's store or business at the bottom and at the top have their house or apartment. (different then mixed use because it is all owned by the same person or family) 9 Agonistic to Style Style doesnt really matter, there could be two suburban houses and one beat down shed but it doesnt matter. 10 Celebrate Civic Buildings Having a building for the citizens to rent out and raise their own money for. 11 Amenities for everyone Giving access to wanted things like a water view for example to everyone. (being equal to one another) 12 Good Street Geometry Pretty much just having safe streets, whether that's having narrow roads or many speed bumps and stop signs. Having it safe for kids and the elderly is what matters. 13 Recover Trusty Traditions Bringing back things that are traditional or that were used back in the day. Like in the video, metal roofs are now used and brough back. 14 Work With Nature Help nature and create things to help nature do what it was originally meant to do, grow. 15 Pervious streets Creating and building sfae streets for kids in a sustainable way. Using cheap materials, habing narrow roads, and big sidewalks. 16 Original Green - Less is More Doing things the original way costs less. (shhh your welcome)

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If only all small towns and cities were just as inviting and charming! Living in The Netherlands, I see too many villages, which were once utterly picturesque, expanding in the worst way imaginable--strip development, ugly sprawl. I am shocked and dismayed that despite all the planning regulations, the Dutch have seemingly embraced the proven unsuccessful approaches to city and town building of 1950's and 1960's America.

I was just there from June 19-24, 2017. I stayed in one of the townhouses in Ruskin Place I think it's called. At the 8:24 mark in the video you can see a green awning that says "Red Bird Gallery." We stayed in the townhouse two down from the Red Bird Gallery. My first experience with Seaside was over 10 years ago. We actually stayed in a little house in Seagrove. I fell in love with the architecture, the layout, the gazebos at the end of each street, Mr. Modica and his store, the little footpaths, all of it. I went back in 2010 and stayed in a house called "Whatcha Dune?" It was a few houses away from the chapel. I had a great time on that trip as well. Rented a bicycle and really covered a lot of ground. However, on this last trip and a trip we took in 2014, I started noticing that there were too many people. It's like Seaside isn't a little secret anymore. The cat's outta the bag. I might wait a few years before going back. I'll always love it though for what it is.

Nice! If I were going to live in a town, I would like for it to be a place like this.

Idea #1: Create a town #2 : Incremental Urbanism #3 : Versatile Infrastructure #4 : Limit the Lawns #5 : Incubator Retail #6 : Progressive Retail #7 : Mixed use #8 : Live/work Units #9 : Agnostic to style #10 : Celebrate civic buildings #11 : Amenities are for everyone #12 : Good street Geometry = Free Range Kids #13 : Recover Trusty Traditions #14 : Work with nature #15 : Pervious streets #16 : Original Green: Less is more

Rare brilliance!

This is so cool! He’s such a great visionary

This is a great video!

Thank you First and Main!

I get so excited by these ideas, but slightly sad by thinking about how long these guys have been clearly stating their case and yet it has not caught on en masse. I am optimistic w/ the whole s Covid crisis as an opportunity to reintroduce these types of ideas because were going to need them the most now.

Anyone else here for geography?

I love it so much

As someone who grew up going to these beaches 60 years ago, I'm amused by the fact that he refers to the NATURAL landscape as ugly. NOW the place is wall-to-wall people, traffic, and PRIVATE PROPERTY signs. I understand that the owners rule, but it sure offended us locals when we could no longer walk across to the sand at Seaside after shopping and dining there.... because they blocked off the obelisk. On a more positive note, the shuttles are marvelous!

This is great.

What happened to the other 4 parts of this 6 parts series?

This was very informative! I love learning about interesting communities like this, this guy is intelligent, a little pretentious delivery but I enjoyed all the info

ive been going to seaside since i was really little and it was so small and empty and every time we come theres more people and its just becoming so unenjoyable.... so sad

Thanks

He is quite inspirational…

The reason why the streets are so slow is because of how close the cars are parked to the streets. It creates an illusion. The streets are also a little narrower I believe.

Say what you want but seaside is my favorites place in the entire world, maybe because of the experiences I've had there I guess

I love how grass lawns are banned. I wish it was that way everywhere.

The changes have been great, but I really miss old seaside - they're increasingly losing the cute small town feel. I BLAME YOU, TRUMAN!

Too many tourist! I am thinking about pocket home neighborhoods ..

All the ideas discussed in this video sound great, but when you're there, it really doesn't give that impression. I spent a few days there and its just kind of this hollow beach town that almost feels fake. All these shops and businesses he talks about are selling seashell necklaces, tie dye shirts and smoothies. The houses there are millions but is that what the wealthy are frivolously spending money on when vacationing? It was like this weird small town slash luxury without the luxury vacation movie set. Oh, and he wasn't lying about not having style. It's a sea of khaki shorts, new balance sneakers and pastel polos riding bikes.

Unfortunately, Seaside now is nothing more than a collection of vacation homes for the very wealthy, NOT the functioning "Walking" community envisioned..But hey, with homes starting in the 2 million dollar range, maybe you too can live there..shame

ldcsb, who else?

SAW THE GHOST OF Walt Disney, Walking Down The Street With A Bottle of Tequila........

instead of having cars, have maybe like golf carts or bikes since the roads are narrow

As an architect, I've seen all too often the implications of building cheaply. Although I love the concept of this town, it does look and feel cheap and I'm sure maintenance will soon become a major issue if it hasn't already

Wait. The central park space is ringed in parked cars? That's the backdrop? That's a mistake. The obvious overwhelming design mandate turned into a movie set, not a town. It doesn't have the quirky, homemade, imperfect things that make a place feel authentic or real. It's way too carefully scripted.

Just the WORST non-native yuppie destruction of a community in North Florida History. Non natural community's built to invite out of state money'd vacationers. Overpriced non authentic living. It's a damn shame what has happened to the area, and no one seems to understand that all of the charm is being squeezed out of the area.

In what world does this man live in? Affordable? To who? His friends? Himself? I want to show him regular American salaries. Another rich person oblivious to the real world.

What happened to the other 4 parts of this 6 parts series?