Kenneth A, Himmel: Many people talk about mixed use as if it was something new. It's not. Think about what people love about Paris, Venice, Rome, London. It's block after block of wonderful architecture, but all mixed use-cafes, civic uses, parks. It's experience after experience, and there is a progression of how this all gets built over time. Here in the U.S., we haven't worried about quality and the integration of uses. It's all about how quickly you can make money. Mixed use is both art and science. The science people can get, but the art side has an originality to it that makes each project unique.
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