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”. […]
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Be Strategic, Leverage Every Main Street Asset
The place where commercial, civic and residential lives converge. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with public buildings, gathering
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Fire by Judy Brown
FIRE ~ Judy Brown What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much
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Urban Open Space: Leverage the Open Space System to Unify the City
THE IDEA OF “URBAN OPEN SPACE” SYSTEMS. Character towns have extensive areas and lands devoted to parks and open spaces.
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Master Downtown Systems: Technology Enhanced
DOWNTOWN IS A SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS. The very nature of a main street in a downtown is that of a
BOOKS, QUINTESSENTIAL CHARACTER TOWNS
Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
Streetfight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution reflects the author’s experience working for Mayor Bloomberg in New York City to change
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Financing Redevelopment: Using Public Finance Tools for Vision-Consistent Development
Establishing special districts includes designing the sources and uses of funds at the same time as determining land use, circulation
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Design the Town as if it was a Park
Design the Town as if it was a Park. Character towns can be planned just like a park with shelter,
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Park Systems Evaluated by PARKSCORE
Park systems evaluated by ParkScore can benefit from the process. ParkScore is a project of The Trust for Public Land,