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A diagram of design concepts. Click to enlarge. (Graphic by the author)

Just two examples of fenced “dead spaces”. Left: between Pike Street and Boren Avenue (behind Plymouth Pillars Park). Right: behind the low-income housing Olive Tower on Boren Avenue. Spaces like these can easily be upgraded for formal, temporary public uses. (Photos by the author)
A conceptual section drawing of a Pike-Pine lid. Click to enlarge and see additional drawings. (Graphic by the author)