Windermere Elementary School teacher Anthony Simms assigned his second grade students the task of creating a city or town. Future planner Max Geller received an A+ for his paper machete town, inspired by Downtown Winter Garden, where we often bike on the West Orange Trail. The elementary school terminates a vista (now illegal in most jurisdictions). A photo of my high school inspired the architecture, including pillars made of straws and a dome made from a paper bowl. The roads are narrow, slow, and safe, with wide sidewalks shaded by trees. Apartments provide a ready source of customers for the retail below. Max didn't even consider creating a town of strip shopping centers and highways that kids can't cross safely.
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