Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Adding screening for privacy, porch on an apartment building on 1700 South, Salt Lake City (opens in new tab)

20+ years ago beginning work on revitalization of the H Street NE corridor in Washington DC, I saw a great photo of a new apartment building with people on balconies in the Los Angeles Times (this was before I used Flickr to store photos so I no longer have a clue on how to find it).I thought "what a great activation device for the street."Since then lots of big apartment buildings have opened on H Street NE but none have balconies.Across the country, at least in commercial districts, most of...