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Green Parking Lot for Target

October 1, 2007
Green Parking Lot for Target

The planning goal is to reduce the deleterious effects of urban stormwater runoff from hard surfaces using Low Impact Development technologies.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
TagsBig Box Urbanism

Mount Joy Walmart

May 17, 2006
Mount Joy Walmart

The planning goal is to reduce the deleterious effects of urban stormwater runoff from hard surfaces using Low Impact Development technologies.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
TagsBig Box Urbanism

Finding the Social in Big Box Retail: Typological Investigations of a Walmart Store

January 1, 2005
Finding the Social in Big Box Retail: Typological Investigations of a Walmart Store

This investigation designs the interface between the public realm and the algorithms by which the discount retail industry has become a dominant economic force.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesresearch
Tagsshortlist, Big Box Urbanism

The Vertical Power Center: Prototype Development

March 1, 2003
The Vertical Power Center: Prototype Development

An emerging building type comprised solely of big box retail, the Vertical Power Center is unlike the suburban shopping mall and other shopping center types.

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AuthorMatthew Petty
Categoriesresearch
TagsBig Box Urbanism

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