How the Much-Maligned Porch Supports Walkable, Sustainable Communities
Briefly

"Porches can serve a crucial role in the walkability of residential streets in a neighborhood, and therefore in the ultimate sustainability of the neighborhood."
"People who lambast New Urbanist porches and fences for being 'historical pastiche' have no understanding of these structures' ability to encourage people to walk and to bind communities together."
"For years I measured porches and their relationship to the sidewalk. What I learned was that there is a clear distinction between porches people will sit on and ones they won't."
Read at ArchDaily
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