Can A Parking Lot Be Good Planning?

In Visalia, CA, putting up parking lots becomes a rallying cry for prudent land use.

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October 16, 2003, 1:00 PM PDT

"Joni Mitchell's line, 'They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot,"'has been invoked recently in the context of farmland preservation and prudent urban planning in Visalia... Multistory parking structures on land already in use are examples of 'build up, not out' strategies that might save this Valley from urban sprawl."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Parking lots can be good planning, too

Wednesday, October 15, 2003 in Visalia Times-Delta

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