Fine grain
GLOSSARY
Fine grain – Fine grain describes the small-scale spaces that provide a vital layer of lower cost, diverse and often specialised activities within a place or building. While often associated with laneways and ‘hole in the wall retail’, fine grain activities can also occur on the major streets and in large buildings. It is the spatial and economic scale of the activity that determines whether it is part of the fine grain of a city or more the regular, larger scale uses.
City And Gateway Urban Design Framework, December 2018, 76.