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Stop Sprawl: How to Design a Walkable Neighborhood

By Jackie Craven, About.com

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Santillana del Mar, Spain

Santillana del Mar

Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain

Photo © Manjeet Bawa / Flickr
This street is located in the village of Santillana del Mar in Spain. The buildings don't have the kind of modern amenities you'd find in an American shopping mall. Most of the rooms lack air conditioning. Shop displays spill out into the open street.

Yet even during the siesta hour when storekeepers retreat inside, the old masonry walls radiate a sense of life and energy. People don't merely come here to work and shop. They also make their homes in apartments clustered alongside the shops and restaurants.

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