From Dead Space to Public Place: How Improving Alleys Can Help Make Better Cities

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This article was originally published by Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Reincarnated Architecture: Through Green Alleys, Dead Space Can Live Anew."

To most eyes, alleys are—at best—liminal zones. Inhabiting the space between “here” and “there,” they exist but for the grace of their adjacencies.

At worst, they are dark, dank, and even dangerous—seen by city dwellers as dead space. However, to a visionary few, the negative space alleys occupy isn’t dead at all; it’s merely dormant, waiting for a rebirth into something functional and new.

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Cite: Matt Alderton. "From Dead Space to Public Place: How Improving Alleys Can Help Make Better Cities" 15 Dec 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/801568/from-dead-space-to-public-place-how-improving-alleys-can-help-make-better-cities> ISSN 0719-8884

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