Orlando City Commons Concept Plan
In 2013, the City of Orlando was completing the Dr. Philips Center in Downtown. The initial idea depended on a […]
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Life Between Buildings, Using Public Space by Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl has put together an extended career doing urban workfocused on the human scale of cities…designing urban places
Ted Talks: Peter Calthorpe | 7 principles for building better cities
More than half of the world’s population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to
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Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution reflects the author’s experience working for Mayor Bloomberg in New York City to change
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The Vancouver Achievement, Urban Planning and Design
Vancouver achievements in urban planning benefit small cities and towns by offering valuable lessons as artfully described by John Punter,
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces is Mr. William H. Whyte’s classic study of small urban spaces and the things
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Citistate Seattle: Shaping a Modern Metropolis
Citistate Seattle: Shaping a Modern Metropolis by Mark Hinshaw, [Planners Press, American Planning Association, 170 pages, 1999] was inspired by Neal Peirce’s
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The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015 by the Smithsonian
(Image © David C. Phillips/Garden Photo World/Corbis; graphic by Shaylyn Esposito) The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015
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St. Louis, The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape
St. Louis , The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape, [2001] describes a city that was once among the “first