Contents – December 2023

CONTENTS – December 2023

Character towns, small and large, build social cohesion, community connections, civic pride, hometown spirit and institutional trust with strong neighborhoods, successful development corridors, superior schools and inviting downtowns where residents, businesses and civic interests collaborate. Downtown civic venues are foundational to a town with character. 

THE ESSENTIAL DOWNTOWN VENUES EDITION

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN…

• “Essential Downtown Venues, Summary”…wck. 
• “City Hall, The Essential Main Street Asset”…wck. 
• “The Public Library: The City’s Economic Incubator”...wck. 
• “Parks, Plazas, Trails and Open Spaces: Citywide Amenities and Connectors”…wck. 
• “Downtown Community Theaters, ‘Edu-tainment’ Emporiums”…wck. 
• “Museums, Launching Pads for the Future”…wck. 
• “Makerspaces as Downtown Assets”…wck. 
• “The Post Office, A “Relic” that Keeps on Giving”…wck. 
• “The Main Street Hotel, A Threshold Achievement”…wck. 
• “Community Aesthetics, Beauty as a Design Standard”…wck. 

FROM THE PLANNERS’ BOOKSHELF…

• The Image of the City, Kevin Lynch, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1960. 
• City Hall: Masterpieces of American Civic Architecture, Arthur Drooker (Author) Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, 2021. 
• Parks and Recreation System Planning, A New Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient Communities, David L. Barth, PhD, Island Press, 2020. 
• Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction, Kay Cassell (Author) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (April 15, 2021) 
• Why the Museum Matters, Daniel H. Weiss, Yale University Press, 2022. 
• The Little Theatre on the Square: Four Decades of a Small-Town Equity Theatre, Ms. Beth Shervey PhD (Author), Peter PALMER (Foreword), 2000. 
• America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, University of Tennessee Press, 2009.