Recast Your City

Recast Your City
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781642831924
ISBN-13 : 1642831921
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Recast Your City by : Ilana Preuss

Community development expert Ilana Preuss explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns or neighborhood main streets by bringing in and supporting small-scale manufacturing. Small-scale manufacturing businesses help create thriving places, with local business ownership opportunities and well-paying jobs that other business types can't fulfill.

The Heart of the City

The Heart of the City
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781610919494
ISBN-13 : 1610919491
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Heart of the City by : Alexander Garvin

Downtowns are more than economic engines: they are repositories of knowledge and culture and generators of new ideas, technology, and ventures. They are the heart of the city that drives its future. If we are to have healthy downtowns, we need to understand what downtown is all about; how and why some American downtowns never stopped thriving (such as San Jose and Houston), some have been in decline for half a century (including Detroit and St. Louis), and still others are resurging after temporary decline (many, including Lower Manhattan and Los Angeles). The downtowns that are prospering are those that more easily adapt to changing needs and lifestyles. In The Heart of the City, distinguished urban planner Alexander Garvin shares lessons on how to plan for a mix of housing, businesses, and attractions; enhance the public realm; improve mobility; and successfully manage downtown services. Garvin opens the book with diagnoses of downtowns across the United States, including the people, businesses, institutions, and public agencies implementing changes. In a review of prescriptions and treatments for any downtown, Garvin shares brief accounts—of both successes and failures—of what individuals with very different objectives have done to change their downtowns. The final chapters look at what is possible for downtowns in the future, closing with suggested national, state, and local legislation to create standard downtown business improvement districts to better manage downtowns. This book will help public officials, civic organizations, downtown business property owners, and people who care about cities learn from successful recent actions in downtowns across the country, and expand opportunities facing their downtown. Garvin provides recommendations for continuing actions to help any downtown thrive, ensuring a prosperous and thrilling future for the 21st-century American city.

The Changing Downtown

The Changing Downtown
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9783110854855
ISBN-13 : 3110854856
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Changing Downtown by : Jürgen Friedrichs

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Rochester's Downtown

Rochester's Downtown
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0738509159
ISBN-13 : 9780738509150
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Rochester's Downtown by : Donovan A. Shilling

Downtown Rochester is defined by Main Street, State Street, and the major crossroads of those streets. It is the core of one of New York State's most important cities. Rochester's Downtown recaptures the golden era when downtown bloomed as a mecca for daytime workers and shoppers and for an evening's entertainment at vibrant social centers. Rochester's Downtown celebrates the people of this great city as they progress from their early beginnings to create a dynamic business center. This excellent collection of images regenerates the excitement of riding the trolley, of watching a movie at the Palace or the Capitol, of window-shopping at the Duffy-Powers Store, and of tasting frosted malteds at Sibley's or warm doughnuts from the Mayflower Donut Shop or spoonfuls of roasted peanuts from Mr. Peanut Man. The narrative recalls Scrantom's as the place to buy books, Neisner's having the latest 78-rpm records, McCurdy's and Edward's with their special holiday displays, Eddie's Chop House for memorable dinners, and the Century Sweet Shop for after-theater sundaes.

Cleveland's Downtown Architecture

Cleveland's Downtown Architecture
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 134
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ISBN-10 : 0738532029
ISBN-13 : 9780738532028
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Cleveland's Downtown Architecture by : Shawn Patrick Hoefler

Downtown Cleveland has many architectural landmarks that define this big, proud city on the lake. Most famous is Terminal Tower, the "grand dame" of Cleveland skyscrapers, which was the tallest office building outside of New York City from 1930 until 1967. Other notable high-rises such as the BP building, Key Tower (at 948 feet one of the tallest in the nation), and the new Federal Court House with its distinctive lighted cornice also dominate the city's beautiful Lake Erie skyline. And then there are the details-the terra-cotta "starburst" motif on the exterior of the Standard Building, the extensive metal decorative work inside the gargoyle-encircled atrium of The Arcade, and the immense stained-glass dome of the Cleveland Trust Rotunda.

The Politics of Downtown Development

The Politics of Downtown Development
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9780813156828
ISBN-13 : 0813156823
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Politics of Downtown Development by : Stephen J. McGovern

American cities experienced an extraordinary surge in downtown development during the 1970s and 1980s. Pro-growth advocates in urban government and the business community believed that the construction of office buildings, hotels, convention centers, and sports complexes would generate jobs and tax revenue while revitalizing stagnant local economies. But neighborhood groups soon became disgruntled with the unanticipated costs and unfulfilled promises of rapid expansion, and grassroots opposition erupted in cities throughout the United States. Through an insightful comparison of effective protest in San Francisco and ineffective protest in Washington, D.C., Stephen McGovern examines how citizens—even those lacking financial resources—have sought to control their own urban environments. McGovern interviews nearly one hundred business activists, government officials, and business leaders, exploring the influence of political culture and individual citizens' perceptions of a particular development issue. McGovern offers a compelling explanation of why some battles against city hall succeed while so many others fail.

Downtown

Downtown
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 505
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ISBN-10 : 9780300098273
ISBN-13 : 0300098278
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Downtown by : Robert M. Fogelson

Annotation Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. Urban historian Robert Fogelson gives a riveting account of how downtown--and the way Americans thought about it--changed between 1880 and 1950. Recreating battles over subways and skyscrapers, the introduction of elevated highways and parking bans, and other controversies, this book provides a new and often starling perspective on downtown's rise and fall.

Early Downtown Los Angeles

Early Downtown Los Angeles
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 0738570036
ISBN-13 : 9780738570037
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Downtown Los Angeles by : Cory Stargel

Growing south from the plaza where the city of Los Angeles was founded as a tiny pueblo in 1781, the area now known as downtown L.A. was first developed in the late 1800s as a residential neighborhood, complete with churches and schools. As the population surged at the turn of the 20th century, the downtown area was transformed into a busy business and entertainment center of shops, banks, hotels, and theaters. The explosion of the postcard craze in the early 1900s coincided with this period of downtown's tremendous growth toward a formidable metropolis. This collection of vintage postcards offers a glimpse into the changing city through the 1940s.

People and Downtown

People and Downtown
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : NWU:35556031420888
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Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis People and Downtown by : University of Washington. College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Practices in the Development and Deployment of Downtown Circulators

Practices in the Development and Deployment of Downtown Circulators
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Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Total Pages : 123
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ISBN-10 : 9780309143288
ISBN-13 : 0309143284
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Practices in the Development and Deployment of Downtown Circulators by : Daniel K. Boyle

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 87: Practices in the Development and Deployment of Downtown Circulators explores the development, deployment, and sustainability of downtown circulator systems.