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The 15-Minute City -- No Cars Required -- Is Urban Planning's New Utopia
From Paris to Portland, cities are attempting to give residents everything they need within a few minutes of their front doors. Can it work - without leaving anyone out?
The Minimes barracks in Paris don't look like the future of cities. A staid brick-and-limestone complex established in 1925 along a backstreet in the Marais district, it's the sort of structure you pass without a second glance in a place as photogenic as Paris.
A closer look at its courtyard, however, reveals a striking transformation. The barracks' former parking lot has become a public garden planted with saplings. The surrounding buildings have been converted to 70 unusually attractive public housing apartments, at a cost of €12.3 million ($14.5 million). Elsewhere in the revamped complex are offices, a day-care facility, artisan workshops, a clinic, and a cafe staffed by people with autism.
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