Character Town Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street….Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Character towns with city planners promote community theaters. They attract […]
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America’s Social Infrastructure Is Falling Apart – The Atlantic by Eric Klinenberg
Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries. Character towns rely on social infrastructure. America’s social infrastructure is falling
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Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath by Ted Koppel
Implications for Small Cities and Towns. Electricity is the essential infrastructure in America’s economy andsociety. Small cities and towns have it
BOOKS, PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW
Working, Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro
The book’s focus is on how Mr. Caro does his work. How he engages with people involved in the lives
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“Arrival City, How the Largest Migration in History Reshaped Our World” by Doug Saunders
Arrival City has many instructive ideas for the immigration-driven discussion today; and for those who plan cities. The U.S. used to
Design of Cities: Revised Edition by Edmund N. Bacon
Character town planning benefits from Mr. Bacon’s work. Design of Cities is the book one should read when starting a career
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Ten Principles for Reinventing America’s Suburban Strips by Michael D. Beyard and Michael Pawlukiewicz
The Mission. The ugly, marginalized, dangerous commercial corridors found in almost every town in America are valuable assets waiting to
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Designing Urban Corridors by Kirk R Bishop
The literature that addresses the needs of urban corridors is sparse. The classic study was authored in 1989 by Kirk
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“State-Building, Governance and the New World Order in the 21st Century” by Francis Fukuyama
State-Building, Governance and the New World Order in the 21st Century is a compact book written by Professor Fukuyama after 9/11 but
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The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria has written thoughtfully and widely on geopolitics and global society. He also discusses issues in a refreshingly interactive way