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Design review has not commonly been used in suburban communities. However, the city of Bellevue, Washington, instituted a complex approach to design review in the early 1980s that has, in the subsequent years, fundamentally altered the form and organization of its downtown. Previously a collection of one-story strip retail malls, Bellevue’s downtown is now not only a major center in its region for shopping and employment, but for dense residential as well. Furthermore, it is acquiring a setting that is conducive to transit and pedestrian movement.
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Hinshaw, M.L. (1994). Transforming Suburbia: The Case Study of Bellevue, Washington. In: Scheer, B.C., Preiser, W.F.E. (eds) Design Review. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2658-2_11
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