Complete Neighborhoods
“COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS” builds on this idea to make the point that neighborhoods are more than a collection of houses. A […]
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Articles provided by wck planning and articles by others discuss a wide variety of issues and opportunities facing small cities and towns. Ideas matter and history helps with practical and conceptual ideas and information about cities, city planning and city-building. The Articles gallery of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss issues and opportunities for those thinking and doing city-building.
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America Household Demographics and the Housing Market
The composition of the American household, from a macro perspective, drives or should drive the housing market. The composition is
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The Florida 2030 Blueprint
Florida is now the third most populous state and by 2030, 26 million Floridians will call Florida home and 1.5
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PRE-PONCE FLORIDA, Big Ice, Crashing Plates and Dangerous Crossings.
CONTEXT FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. The Earth has been around for a while. The current catastrophes of climate change, environmental degradation
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Rescuing Derelict Roads, Rails and Rivers for Public Use.
THE PROSPECT. Valuable lands and waters are being discarded because their first use has become obsolete and most communities and
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An elevated park on an old railway line. Promenade Plantée
The Promenade Plantée is a linear park spanning 4.7 kilometres built atop a disused railway line in the east of
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A Swiss River Canal Reimagined. Geneva
Flowing through the idyllic southwestern tip of Switzerland is the Aire, a small river that winds through the countryside close
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The Bentway
About The Bentway. The Bentway is a unique and innovative public space that transforms 1.75km [1.05 miles] underneath Toronto’s Gardiner
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The High Line. New York City
The High Line is more than a park. It’s a public space where you can view art, walk through gardens,
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The San Antonio Riverwalk
The downtown loop of the famed San Antonio Riverwalk, or Paseo del Rio, is a 2 1/2 mile stretch of