City Hall, The Essential Main Street Asset
A Prominent Main Street City Hall. City Hall is the downtown icon. Downtown doesn’t seem like downtown without a visible […]
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The Post Office
A “Relic” that Keeps on Giving Main Street Post Offices are Alive and Well. United States Post Offices draw people to their downtown
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“Why the Museum Matters” by Daniel H. Weiss
CT.org…While the focus of this work is the art museum, the lessons are universal for museums of every ilk and
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Community Aesthetics
Beauty as a Design Standard. THE IDEA OF BEAUTY. Beauty is of paramount value in many cultures. Everything is designed
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Essential Downtown Venues
The Basic Idea. Downtowns are the focal destination of every character town. Main street is the “there there”. For main
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Makerspaces as Downtown Assets
Makerspaces have been employed around America as places where people can congregate to learn a trade, perfect a skill and
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“Parks and Recreation System Planning, A New Approach for Creating Sustainable, Resilient Communities” by David Barth, PhD
FROM CharacterTowns.org… David Barth has provided the city-building professions with a holistic guide for developing a great parks systems while
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“Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction” by Kay Cassell
From Amazon… Public Libraries and Their Communities: An Introduction provides an overview of public librarianship today. It covers library organization,
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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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“The Great Good Places, Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community” by Ray Oldenburg
Summary. Ray Oldenburg defined a place that defines a community. “Third place” is a concept that serves small cities and towns well as