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Physical Form & Patterns
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<br /> South Bend has undergone periods of dramatic growth. ' 1 t'I' S t t 1.1 .. n F S-. L
<br /> periods of urban renewal,and more recently periods of infilL r pi, ;•;; r•, .�' I ' a •:r x ._- • lii,- "' 7 ##
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<br /> 1917 Building Footprints 2023 Building Footprints
<br /> Early in the zoth century,Downtown South Bend had a Urban Renewal in the 1g6os and 1g7os eroded the building
<br /> legible and clear street and block network.The center was pattern Downtown.Buildings were demolished,large
<br /> clear,with continuous mixed-use and retail frontage along interventions such as the First Source Center and Century
<br /> Michigan Street.Buildings ranged in scale from residential Center were built,and streets were removed.rerouted,and
<br /> neighborhoods at the periphery.to the heart of Downtown with converted to one-ways.
<br /> more commercial building types.
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