Redevelopment of Cities...

Cities are the Center of Culture and Life. Since the late 1950's one could
begin to see an obvious decline of intown neighborhoods. Deterorated
housing, social and physical infrastructures and crime left the centers of our
cities in an inhabitable condition for many families and business owners.

We knew when we formed MXD that the center of culture and life would not
be abandoned. The City, with all of its real and perceived short comings, is
still the most economical form of human settlement.

 
Miniaturization

Compactness of space with residential , education, shopping, offices, cultural
and civic uses has saved cities an enormous amount of infrastructure cost and
time cost. Now that we are at the twilight of the 20th century, entering the 3rd
millennium we are seeing a reversal of the exodus of the 60s, 70s and 80s from
the cities.
 
Families and workers miss the convenance that the "classic" city center has to
offer. They are growing weary of the hours of drive to and from work. People want
to spend this time with their families and friends. When we formed MXD in 1992
we predicted that by 2005 AD our cities would be in the mitts of a redevelopment
surge not seen since the construction of levittowns at the end of the second world
war. It is our goal to assist in this rebirth of great American cities.
 

Collaboration

Urban redevelopment is a complex task requiring the involvement of many people.
One of the requirements in the development and long term survival of a great city is
shared responsibility. We are not aware of any successful settlement were one land
use type, or industry exist. The land use model important today may not be important
in the future.

The coming and going of the industrial revolution has shown us that any community
or city dependent on one source of economic generation and grows faster than it's
ability to support itself, will fail.