Washington, D.C., has some good examples

Washington, D.C., has some good examples of new urbanist infill housing. Parkside, in the Northeast section of the city, shows that affordable new urbanist housing can be built on a strict budget. The 26-acre site currently includes townhomes, apartments, and a neighborhood park. A community center, a medical center, and some commercial space are planned. The project looks more expensive than its actual construction cost of $42/square foot. Units are clad in brick and dryvit (imitation stucco), and a variety of of materials and architectural forms are used in the buildings, designed by Sorg and Associates. Units are each given a fenced backyard. Parking is both on-street and off-street, in small lots in the middle of blocks. In a formerly crime-ridden part of the city, Parkside has the look and feel of middle-class housing.