Life Between Buildings, Using Public Space by Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl has put together an extended career doing urban workfocused on the human scale of cities…designing urban places […]
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CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
The Authentic, Engaging and Social Main Street
THE PLACE WHERE COMMERCIAL, CIVIC AND RESIDENTIAL LIVES CONVERGE. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with the commercial, office
BOOKS
Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America by James Fallows and Deborah Fallows
“Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America” provides important insights into the success of small cities and
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Where Will 20 Million New Floridians Go? Only Three Rational Options
Twenty million new Floridians will arrive by 2060. Their location and the design of their communities will determine the quality
VIDEOS
WUCF: 10 That Changed America
WUCF: 10 That Changed America, Homes, Parks, Towns, Buildings lets small cities and towns can compare their sitations by looking
BOOKS
Citistates: How Urban America Can Prosper in a Competitive World by Neal R. Peirce with Curtis W. Johnson and John Stuart Hall
Summary. Peirce, Johnson and Hall resurrect a concept from the past, the concept of city-states with a history that starts with
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Public Entrepreneurs: The Visionary Risk-Takers of an Entrepreneurial City
Public Entrepreneurs: The Visionary Risk-Takers of an Entrepreneurial City describes the role of the city officials and institutional leaders who
CITY PLANNING ARTICLES
Incubation Nation: Where Great Ideas Are Born
Incubation Nation: Where Great Ideas Are Born Spun out of university research labs or started by local entrepreneurs trying to supercharge
BOOKS, QUINTESSENTIAL CHARACTER TOWNS
City of the Century: the Epic of Chicago and the Making of America.
The City of the Century focuses on Chicago from “the founding” to “the fire” to “the fair” to the First
BOOKS, QUINTESSENTIAL CHARACTER TOWNS
Detroit, An American Autopsy.
Character towns, even small cities, can learn from Detroit. Detroit, An American Autopsy [2013] by Charlie LeDuff’s requires you to