A Sense of Scale
11/24/20
![Alderwood Mall](https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_2000xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/Alderwood-Mall.jpg 2000w, https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_1024xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/Alderwood-Mall.jpg 1024w,https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_768xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/Alderwood-Mall.jpg 768w, https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_640xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/Alderwood-Mall.jpg 640w)
This is the footprint of Alderwood Mall overlaid on Paris, France. We will walk 600 feet through a parking lot to get to the front door of a car-free, walkable shopping experience. In Paris, that 600 feet is an entire block of those very same stores in a walkable safe environment.
![A Sense of Scale](https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_2000xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/A-Sense-of-Scale.png 2000w, https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_1024xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/A-Sense-of-Scale.png 1024w,https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_768xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/A-Sense-of-Scale.png 768w, https://transom.sfo3.digitaloceanspaces.com/graphite/insights/images/a-sense-of-scale/_640xAUTO_crop_center-center_70_none/A-Sense-of-Scale.png 640w)
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