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Title: Code as urban vision: a critique of the Buffalo Green Code

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2021.2003188

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Abstract: Adopted in 2017, the Buffalo Green Code was lauded as a comprehensive urban vision for Buffalo, New York. This form-based code would simplify Buffalo’s land use regulations by prescribing what could be built and where, and provide a unified framework for its future. Yet, despite the claims of comprehensiveness, the code left two pressing challenges of the city unaddressed: urban integration of vacant lots and lack of affordable housing. The paper argues that, given these omissions, the code fails to provide a grounded vision, while universalizing reductive fabric-making notions unsuitable for much of the city.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13574809.2021.2003188

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Authors: Özay, Erkin

Periodical (Full): Journal of Urban Design

Issue: 3

Volume: 27

Pages: 364-385

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization

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