### Problem
>Building set-backs from the street, originally invented to protect the public welfare by giving every building light and air, have actually helped greatly to destroy the street as a social space.

### Solution
>On no account allow set-backs between streets or paths or public open land the the buildings which front on them. The set-backs do nothing valuable and almost always destroy the value of the open areas between the buildings. Build right up to the paths; change the laws in all communities where obsolete by-laws make this impossible. And let the building fronts take on slightly uneven angles as they accommodate to the shape of the street.

### Related Patterns
... this pattern helps to shape the paths and buildings simultaneously; and so completes [[Building Complex (95)]], [[Wings of Light (107)]], [[Positive Outdoor Space (106)]], [[Arcades (119)]], [[Path Shape (121)]], and also [[Activity Pockets (124)]].

Detail the fronts of buildings, indeed the whole building perimeter, according to the pattern [[Building Edge (160)]]. If some outdoor space is needed at the front of the building, make it part of the street life by making it a [[Private Terrace on the Street (140)]] or [[Gallery Surround (166)]]; and give the building many openings onto the street - [[Stair Seats (125)]], [[Open Stairs (158)]], [[Street Windows (164)]], [[Opening to the Street (165)]], [[Front Door Bench (242)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 593.
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