January 2010
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If You Build It, They Will Walk
Re-engineering slowness back into building design
An idea quietly floated by New York City health commissioner Thomas Farley this summer might have sounded like a sinister joke to the city’s tired office workers and walk-up dwellers: make elevators smaller and slower. But to public-health experts, the notion—part of an effort to encourage more walking-friendly design—has legs. “We have become...
