This neighborhood is where I need to recognize my failure to address a few key patterns in development that I've used before but haven't made clear. It's also where I first recognize a few other features. However, it will be my last Nenova update for a little while. This is because I am preparing a mini-series on hydrology that will round out December.
I also have to accept that because of my participation in the opengeofiction project I don't know everything I write in my blog will be always the same. I'll try to update former blog posts if there are significant parts of the map that change. Eventually there will be an update on Downtown- I've already made quite a number of changes there.
This is what I call "The Fork South"- The Fork is the largest neighborhood so far and I thought that it warranted its own post. The layout is slightly gridded, but is older and has some more organic shapes, and some grids that suggest that parts of the grid was demolished. A good amount of the neighborhood was demolished to build Lucas Mock Park, which contained several Hoovervilles. Every building is mapped:
These are brutalist apartment blocks built in areas where old abandoned townhouses or squatters lived. They would be strictly segregated and often built to replace integrated neighorhoods. The tree density is medium, and they are typically newer (late 20th century).
These terraces are built with double density, like many in similarly wide-blocked Philadelphia. This is not the triple density of South Philly because Nenova is more sparse, but it does change the character of the area significantly. The tree density is near zero, and they are typically middle-aged (mid 20th century).
These townhouses are built with single density, and interspersed with other institutions such as the regional library and a church. The tree density is medium, and they can be older (late 19th, early 20th century) or renaissance (21st century)
These buildings are a unique feature in The Fork, a Hooverville protected by their invisibility from the street (because of trees and apartments). This means that it's relatively old (early 20th century).
These houses are built with low-medium density, and are in a desirable location near the park and creek. The tree density is medium high, and they are relatively new because of recent relaxation of redlining and represent gentrification in this region. That puts them at the later age of all examples (late 20th century, maybe even 21st)
Overall, buildings in The Fork can be represented by the third example- single density townhouses. The density of trees as a whole is slightly less than in Ingerish Village.
Not every building in The Fork is residential. There are some sparse areas of retail and warehouses.
This is one area like this- though many of them are closed.
This is a chemical company with many silos and a small factory. This was the original Luxra Chemical plant, though there are more plants elsewhere. It is outfitted with a quay but is beyond the levee, because industry is usually not considered essential to protect.
Other features include Lucas Mock Park, which includes four bocce pitches, several squash pitches, a basketball pitch, two baseball pitches, a disc gold fairway, and a playground. Many of the river features mentioned in the Akogama blog exist here.
I hope you enjoyed this explanation of the different types of buildings.
Thanks for reading!
Jacob
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