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Main Street Parks and Plazas, Open Air “Third Places”

MAIN STREET “THIRD PLACES” WHERE PEOPLE MEET CASUALLY, IN A PLEASANT SETTING. Downtown parks and plazas are ideal “third places”. […]

The book’s focus is on how Mr. Caro does his work. How he engages with people involved in the lives

The design and content of nine Central Florida’s Character Main Streets reveals important attributes that entitles these small cities to

Ray Kurzweil is one of our best thinkers about artificial intelligence. The Age of Spiritual Machines, while 20 years old, presents Kurzweil’s

Make “Special Districts” Special. A downtown district, as a legal and geographically specific entity has the opportunity to control its

Arrival City has many instructive ideas for the immigration-driven discussion today; and for those who plan cities. The U.S. used to

Character towns view City hall as the downtown icon. Downtown doesn’t seem like downtown without a visible city hall, especially

Character town planning benefits from Mr. Bacon’s work. Design of Cities is the book one should read when starting a career

Strategy is the game. Michael Porter inspired A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin to write a book about strategy; namely, Playing

William McDonough is the best thinker and doer of our age. His work with Michael Braungart on Cradle to Cradle followed by