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Place-makers press for Swinton redesign, focus on sidewalks and squares
Summary
Designer Fred Kent urged the Delray DDA to reframe Swinton Avenue around public space and sidewalks, arguing traffic planning must serve people and proposing next-week workshop with DDA and staff.
Fred Kent, the longtime placemaking practitioner and Delray resident introduced himself to the DDA on Feb. 10 and urged a people-first approach to downtown streets, with particular criticism of the Swinton Avenue traffic plan.
Kent told the board that designers should'"start with a public space that you want," not with auto traffic, and that sidewalks and active corners create the economic life of a main street. He described differences he sees along Atlantic Avenue'from blocks that attract families and gatherings to stretches that feel narrow, fast…
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