Starting a Village Center in a Greenfield Town
THE VISION is a mixed-use village center in a greenfield community. The idea is to envision a built-out village center […]
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buildings
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Leverage Everything: Strategy for a Successful Main Street
LEVERAGE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. City Hall must be on or near main street to get the full impact of its influence.
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The 15 Most Beautiful Main Streets Across America.
Between the major cities on the coasts of the United States are hundreds of small towns where a good portion
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“Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life” by
“A Paean to public architecture and the buildings and places that bring us together, Eric Klinenberg’s Palaces for the People shows how
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Main Street’s Active Zones: Not Too Tall, Not Too Long.
THE ORLANDO REGION’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS. The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with
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“Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis” by Daniel G. Parolek
OPTICOS DESIGN FOUNDER DANIEL PAROLEK inspired a new movement for housing choice in 2010 when he coined the term “Missing
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“Backdoor Revolution: The Definitive Guide to ADU Development” by Kol Peterson
From CT.org Missing Middle Housing, a term invented by Dan Parolek [ https://islandpress.org/books/missing-middle-housing], has expanded the conversation about how people
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Person to know about…Doug Farr
CT.org…Mr. Farr’s synthesis of sustainability and urbanism gives every city and town a path for remaining or becoming a successful
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How Do You Map the Character of a City? A New Tool Offers Solutions.
The historic character of a community is often obvious. But in some places the past is less obvious and its