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Columnist Neal Peirce: Supermarkets as Neighborhood Centers

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 03:52
by Jason B.
Neal Peirce, a columnist for the Washington Post Writers Group, has published a preview of his Sunday, April 18 column. It is titled "Supermarkets as Neighborhood Centers: Vision For a More Walkable America." See:
http://citiwire.net/post/1901/

The column is based on a Planning magazine article by Mark Hinshaw and Brian Vanneman. One interesting fact cited: "A market needs a surrounding population of 8,000 to 10,000 people, or about 4,000 houses, to succeed."