Prospect New Town, New urbanist neighborhood in Longmont, Colorado
Prospect New Town is a residential neighborhood in Longmont, Colorado, built on a former tree farm, where houses of different types sit alongside small shops and parks within a compact layout. The buildings come from many different architects and show a wide range of styles, from detached houses to row houses and live-work lofts.
The neighborhood was laid out in the 1990s on land that had previously been used as a tree farm, following principles developed by the planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. Their approach, known as new urbanism, had been taking shape in the US since the 1980s and aimed to bring the walkable layout of older towns back to new development.
The streets of Prospect New Town are designed so that homes, shops, and workspaces sit close together, making daily life feel very local and walkable. Independent businesses and small studios occupy the ground floors of many buildings, giving the area a character that feels different from a typical American suburb.
The neighborhood is best explored on foot, since the layout keeps everything within a short walk of everything else. Those arriving by car will find street parking available, but the area is designed to work without one.
Some of the old farm structures were kept and worked into the new neighborhood rather than demolished before construction began. A careful walk through the streets reveals these older buildings standing alongside houses that went up decades later.
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