Downtowns
Author: Michael A. Burayidi
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780815333616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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America's New Downtowns
Author: Larry Ford
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2003-07
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780801871634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Larry R. Ford is a professor of geography at San Diego State University who has taught urban geography for thirty years."--BOOK JACKET.
Niche Strategies for Downtown Revitalization
Author: N. David Milder
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDoes your downtown have a cluster of businesses that provide specific products or services? How about furniture and home furnishings? Antiques? Children's wear? Arts and entertainment? Upscale boutiques? Thrift shops? Or do you have a particular group of customers? What about college students, office workers, retirees, parents with young children? Then you have a downtown niche-one of the most powerful tools available for downtown revitalization. Niche Strategies for Downtown Revitalization will take you step-by-step through the process of identifying current or potential niches in your downtown. It will show you how to use them as the focus for downtown organization, promotion and recruitment, and it will give you the tools you need to use this powerful revitalization strategy in your downtown.
Cities Back from the Edge
Author: Roberta Brandes Gratz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2000-01-27
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780471361244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A love song for the city . . . [this] volume, attractivelypackaged and richly illustrated, is really a cookbook for downtownrevitalization." --Wall Street Journal In this pioneering book on successful urban recovery, two urbanexperts draw on their firsthand observations of downtown changeacross the country to identify a flexible, effective approach tourban rejuvenation. From transportation planning and sprawlcontainment to the threat of superstore retailers, they address ahost of key issues facing our cities today. Roberta Brandes Gratz (New York, NY), an award-winning journalistand urban critic, is author of the urban design classic The LivingCity. A former staff reporter for the New York Post, Gratz haswritten for the New York Times Magazine and other publications.Norman Mintz (New York, NY) has played a leading role in the fieldof downtown revitalization for more than twenty-five years. He isDesign Director at the 34th Street Partnership in New York City anda consultant on downtown revitalization across the country.
Making Business Districts Work
Author: Marvin D Feit
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-07-27
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 1136773290
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnprecedented, broad coverage of downtown and community development topics from a practitioner’s viewpoint! Making Business Districts Work: Leadership and Management of Downtown, Main Street, Business District, and Community Development Organizations is the essential desk reference for downtown and community business district profe
Securing the Spectacular City
Author: Timothy A. Gibson
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780739105696
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeattle's project of 'downtown revitalization' is often touted as a civic endeavour that serves the community as a whole. Gibson questions that assumption. He examines the trade-off between the gain produced by redevelopment and the loss of public space.
Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development
Author: Robert J. Gibbs
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-01-03
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0470488220
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"...Extraordinary: Gibbs has popped the hood and taken apart the engine of commercial design and development, showing us each individual part and explaining fit, form and function." —Yaromir Steiner, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Steiner + Associates "...the most comprehensive and expansive book ever written on the subject of Retail Real Estate Development. Gibbs is by far the most prominent advocate for reforming retail planning and development in order to return American cities to economic and physical prominence." –Stefanos Polyzoides, Moule & Polyzoides Architects & Urbanists The retail environment has evolved rapidly in the past few decades, with the retailing industry and its placement and design of "brick-and-mortar" locations changing with evolving demographics, shopping behavior, transportation options and a desire in recent years for more unique shopping environments. Written by a leading expert, this is a guide to planning for retail development for urban planners, urban designers and architects. It includes an overview of history of retail design, a look at retail and merchandising trends, and principles for current retail developments. Principles of Urban Retail Planning and Development will: Provide insight and techniques necessary for historic downtowns and new urban communities to compete with modern suburban shopping centers. Promote sustainable community building and development by making it more profitable for the shopping center industry to invest in historic cities or to develop walkable urban communities. Includes case studies of recent good examples of retail development
Recast Your City
Author: Ilana Preuss
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2021-06-22
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1642831921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunity 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 Seamless City
Author: Rick Baker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-04-05
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 159698208X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHOW DO WE KEEP AMERICA GREAT? Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, provides a compelling—and challenging—answer: by making American cities great. And great cities are built first of all through strong leadership. During his two terms in office, Rick Baker worked toward a clear, uncompromising goal: to make St. Petersburg the best city in America. He led a downtown renaissance, rebuilt the most economically depressed area of the city, attracted businesses, worked to reduce violent crime, and made public schools a city priority—all with measurable results. The Seamless City offers practical advice, based on his nine years of experience in City Hall, to show how every mayor and city council can make their city dramatically better. In The Seamless City you’ll step behind the scenes of city government to learn: How maintaining basic amenities, like running water, requires constant vigilance—and sometimes tough decisions on the part of city leadership Why a vibrant downtown is essential to attract businesses and create jobs Why the most effective leadership is servant leadership How to find and implement the most effective solutions to a city’s most challenging problems Why city government needs to regard the city as a seamless whole, with no section under-served or overlooked
Downtown
Author: Robert M. Fogelson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 0300098278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation 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.
