The Four Freedoms
On January 1, 1941, as the Great Depression waned and the United States’ agonized over the war in Europe, President Roosevelt outlined four freedoms in his State of the Union address. The purpose was to establish the reason for civilization; to establish the foundational freedoms that drive governance and our civil interactions. As Clyde Klockhohn […]
The Social Infrastructure Aspiration of the City’s General Plan
Leveraging Physical Assets to Create Community Civility and Sociability. The vision of most small cities and towns in America, however expressed, is to be an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place for residents, businesses and visitors. A strong social infrastructure system is essential with: FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Attributes of a Social Infrastructure Plan for a Character Town.
The Mission is to Build Communities with Character. The mission of design professionals, developers and city officials who build the city is to understand how to discern and pursue the town’s vision and then, to develop a strategy that preserves, enhances or discovers the community’s character. Community-based vision drives the town’s strategy which then directs […]
Contents – November 2023
CONTENTS – November 2023 Character towns, small and large, build social cohesion, community connections, civic pride, hometown spirit and institutional trust. Joy and beauty play a part. Civic leaders, public and private, collaborate to balance their personal needs with the communities’ best interests. Sociability and civility are the hallmarks of character towns. THE COMMUNITY […]
Contents – October 2023
CONTENTS – October 2023 THE “PEOPLE TO KNOW” EDITION From…Planetizen’s Readers. The 100 Most Influential Urbanists. These are the people that have had the most influence on the places and environments that we call home. LINK: https://www.planetizen.com/features/95189-100-most-influential-urbanists From…The American Planning Association. National Planning Pioneers. The Planning Pioneer Awards are presented to […]
Edmund N. Bacon, City Planner, Philadelphia, 1949-1970
Mr. Bacon was the distinguished executive director of the Philadelphia Planning Commission from 1949 until 1970. He is personally responsible for the resurrection and enhancement of this great American city. Mr. Bacon’s approach is to describe the forces and factors of design and then apply them to cities around the world, large and famous, small […]
Survival of the City by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler
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Howard T. and Eugene P. Odum, The Brothers.
From CT.org…The following presents excerpts from a Wikipedia article on Dr. H.T. Odum. The summary almost seems a dis-service to an extensive, nationally appreciated career that covered many topics, multi-disciplines and a wide range of innovative thoughts and approaches. Holistic ecologic analysis was first practiced by Dr. Odum. Mixing biology with engineering and electricity was […]
Contents – September 2023
CONTENTS – September 2023 THE QUINTESSENTIAL CHARACTER TOWN EDITION SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS WITH CHARACTER “Envisioning a Town with Character”…wck. “Factors that Determine Character”…Assembled from selected Authors Below. Profiles of Towns with Character: Fairhope AL Columbus IN Dahlonega GA Greenville SC Winter Garden FL New Richmond OH Harrodsburg KY Sulphur Springs TX New […]
Crashing Plates and Big Ice
The Climate Has been Changing for Quite a While. ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’. We struggle to fully appreciate the impact of the shifting Tectonic Plates and the Ice Ages. They happened a really long time ago and the “to and fro” of massive ice sheets over hundreds of millions of years, combined with tectonic plate shifts, was the original “rock and […]