ABSTRACT
The treatment of multifamily complexes as independent sites with little connection or regard to surrounding development reinforces a stereotypical image of sprawl as disorganized and disconnected, in that complexes are treated as abstract development modules plugged into public street systems with no indication of any kind of area planning. However, the strict arrangement of land uses, especially in Juanita and Crossroads, into retail, medium-density multifamily, and low-density single-family zones is just too neat and too similar to zoning principals and twentieth-century neighborhood planning models to accept this interpretation. Ideas based in town planning must be seen as guiding the design and development of these places, working in conjunction with land division patterns and development practices. In combination, these reflected prevailing cultural attitudes about what constitutes appropriate housing environments for families.
