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r•' • i 1 ' ti ti:a create a rectilinear street and block pattern, it also creates an NN 1 urban fabric, and augments social interaction.. The street side will . be more formal with guest parking rig and interaction with sidewalk • strollers_ The lane ( IIey) side is rnfcrr ai, for use by the residents and for e�nt a services lie waste roll-outs, recycling, and ' meter-readers. This will he a network like that in existing sma l ri ' villages, sloNver design speeds, narrower streets, and connectivity all make for a balanced mix of pedestrians and automobiles, ,:. Squares greens, landscaped stets and parka woven Into street ','' and black patterns to provide space for social actin' parka and EA visual enjoyment. r The square, commons, parks. and even the tot-lots of Win more ' have been integrated into the general street and block patterns. No r dwelling unit is more a -to-three-rte[r1 ute walk from a square, park, or common. In addition to the required 3D,000 51 town square &u rrou n d :by townhouse's, live-work units and the civic • L and comri8rciat buildings, i r-timore will have a town green, L 1 a • surrounded by single fami i houses adjoining the main street leading to the square_ Street land cap i n g will be based on the El concept of the forma i aim of street trees that will grow and - t.:: ultimately shade the entire street. The ward ,'Al lee" is from Old French, ,Ter meaning '1to gc11 and refers to a walkway cr drive [:1 bordered b rows of evenly spaced, even-aged trees of the same species_ AI lees were popular in European parks and estates in the 1 7th & 1 8th centuries, In the Eats 1 9th century in America, it t..,,,!... became popular to create tree-I i ned streets on the model of the as I ees, The streets at Winrricre will harken beck to the days before street-side utility poI Os and engineering-based regu isti on s F. LII but eliminated the alIee. . a �::'ti� P ovi ion of buildings for civic assembly or for other common Vi purposes that act as visual landmarks and symbols of Identity within the community. r A post office, general store, and church or civic building (depending on the ultimate user) will serve as focal points and as r••: civic !a nd m arks. The location these bu i kl irgs around the town U square and on the main street passing through 11.411,710119 will give them prominence. A.rchi le ura l details, such as a cupolj to ur, LI or spire, will distinguish the landmark buildings A recognizable, functionally diverse, but visually unified village • focused on a village green or square. - •