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Being Self-Sufficient, Special Main Street Districts

Make “Special Districts” Special. A downtown district, as a legal and geographically specific entity has the opportunity to control its […]

Arrival City has many instructive ideas for the immigration-driven discussion today; and for those who plan cities. The U.S. used to

Character towns view City hall as the downtown icon. Downtown doesn’t seem like downtown without a visible city hall, especially

Character town planning benefits from Mr. Bacon’s work. Design of Cities is the book one should read when starting a career

Strategy is the game. Michael Porter inspired A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin to write a book about strategy; namely, Playing

William McDonough is the best thinker and doer of our age. His work with Michael Braungart on Cradle to Cradle followed by

The place where commercial, civic and residential lives converge. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with public buildings, gathering

The Mission. The ugly, marginalized, dangerous commercial corridors found in almost every town in America are valuable assets waiting to

The literature that addresses the needs of urban corridors is sparse. The classic study was authored in 1989 by Kirk

The Thing about Commercial “Strips”. Prevailing conditions. First, let’s be clear about our subject. The corridors of which we speak areroadways