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Courtyard zoning overlay · illustrative block

A courtyard block, over time.

From a five–six-story overlay to first projects, later buildings and a mature neighborhood. An illustrative study, not adopted zoning or a redevelopment forecast.

5–6-story overlay
Existing low-rise homesHypothetical envelopeNew buildingsPShared parkingStreet parkingEast-side tramPedestrian piazza

A five–six-story outline frames the future perimeter over the current block. Existing homes and gardens remain visible inside it.

What this illustration assumes

The first completed buildings remain in place through the mature stage. The block uses exactly one mirrored pair of Courtyard Urbanist point-access ELLs on each long frontage. Each ELL has a 40-foot-deep street-wall bar and a 20-foot-wide wing projecting 30 feet into the courtyard; adjoining wings meet cleanly at their shared lot line. The remaining long-side buildings stay straight, leaving a broad central green court. The far north corner buildings make substantial returns down the side streets, and the large southwest corner building provides a shared parking facility. In the mature public realm, a tram runs on the east street, opposite the shared-parking garage; the intersecting south street becomes a civic piazza with patterned stone paving, a central fountain, formal benches, street trees, restaurant terraces and café seating. The model is illustrative and does not represent adopted zoning, surveyed parcels, a market forecast, infrastructure approval, street closure approval, transit approval or an entitlement.

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