ARTICLES
The Original Articles archives of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss practical and conceptual ideas for designing, building and managing character towns and small cities that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous places for residents, businesses and visitors.
More Than Ever, We Need Frederick Law Olmsted! (a birthday note from Pete Sechler)
More Than Ever, We Need Frederick Law Olmsted! April is World Landscape Architecture Month—a month that perhaps not coincidentally includes […]
Multi-Disciplinary Urban Design Studios
Design studios are inherently collaborative. Organization of a multi-discipline design studio is an important addition to any community. Design studios […]
Multi-Modal Mobility
Getting Anyone Anywhere Anytime, Safely and Cheaply. Citywide Mobility. City streets host a wide variety of uses and activities throughout town; […]
Multi-modal Mobility: A True Synergy
Multi-modal Mobility offers a true synergy for a transportation system in an urban environment. A comprehensive system of transportation options […]
Multi-Modal Mobility: Getting Anyone, Anywhere, Safely and Cheaply
Citywide Mobility. City streets host a wide variety of uses and activities throughout town; especially downtown where they are totally […]
Multi-Modal Planning and System Management
VISION OF THE TOWN’S MOBILITY SYSTEM. A basic idea is that every resident, employee and visitor in a town with character […]
Multiple Benefits of Co-Located Neighborhood Venues
“Multiple Benefits” is a great concept in normal times; in times of economic stress, it is an exceptional concept. The […]
Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages.
From Yale Climate Connections Concurrent extreme climate events can amount to a challenging ‘two-fer’ or even a ‘three-fer’ in terms […]
Museums: Launching Pads for the Future.
A REFLECTION OF DOWNTOWN VALUES. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community. […]
Museums, Launching Pads for the Future.
A Reflection of Downtown Values. Museums can be about anything; mostly they are about the values of the host community. […]
THE ERA OF e-commerce, An NAIOP Article
Today’s industrial users are looking beyond rental rates to consider transportation and inventory carrying costs when making location decisions. THE […]
National Association for Olmsted Parks.
The National Association for Olmsted Parks (NAOP), established in 1980, is a coalition of design and preservation professionals, historic property […]
National Brownfields Training Conference
From Center for Creative Land Recycling CT.org has recently discovered that there are many benefits accruing to properties in a […]
National Climate Report – September 2021
From CT.org…This report, like all NOAA reports, is chock full of data about temperatures, rainfall and other climate data. Check […]
National Climate Report – September 2022
From CT.org…This report, like all NOAA reports, is chock full of data about temperatures, rainfall and other climate data. Check […]
Why Obsolete Warehouses on the ‘Last Mile’ Are Attracting Institutional Investors
Why Obsolete Warehouses on the ‘Last Mile’ Are Attracting Institutional Investors, a National Real Estate Investor Article Every $1 billion in […]
Nearly Every Country Signs On to a Sweeping Deal to Protect Nature
From NYT…Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s […]
Neighborhood Association Business Plans.
INTRODUCTION. A business plan for a neighborhood association may seem unusual or even too much, but consider that an association […]
Neighborhood Cafés
Neighborhood Cafés, markets and delicatessens in established neighborhoods is a great community asset; but introducing new cafes into an established […]
Neighborhood Centers as “Third Places”
NEIGHBORHOOD THIRD PLACES. Ray Oldenburg, see sidebar, effectively describes gathering spots that serve as “third places”; places where people relax […]