Contents – April 2023
CONTENTS – April 2023 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Cities, small and large, build […]
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The Little Theatre on the Square: Four Decades of a Small-Town Equity Theatre
by Beth Conway Shervey The Idea of Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Exploiting remnant single screen theaters as venues
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Amphitheaters, Entertainment al fresco.
Every park should have an amphitheater, formal or not, big or small; but a place for families to enjoy performances
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Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums
Historical Role of Main Street Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19th century
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Contents – March 2023
CONTENTS – March 2023 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS… Cities, small and large, build
BOOKS
“TRIUMPH OF THE CITY, How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier” by Edward Glaeser
Summary. Mr. Glaeser is an unabashed advocate of the importance of cities. This doesn’t mean he approves of the current
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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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Downtown Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums.
Historical Role of Main Street Theaters in Small Cities and Towns. Movies begat movie theaters. From the late 19th century
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The Main Street Hotel, A Threshold Achievement
Hotels for Tourists and Businesses. Small town tourism is a growing economic development fact. Hotels are the threshold “proof of
PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW, Special Features
A Person to Know: Lawrence Halprin 1916-2009
Highlights. Cities is one of those books from the 1960s when idealism in city planning was blooming, design was a valuable