ARTICLES
The Original Articles archives of CharacterTowns.org presents papers that discuss practical and conceptual ideas for designing, building and managing character towns and small cities that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous places for residents, businesses and visitors.
Will World-Class Architecture Bring Civic Pride Back to Memphis?
Spurred by Herzog & de Meuron’s new art museum and a rethought waterfront park by Studio Gang, city leaders turn to design to make a downtown for “everyone.” Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis is being redesigned by the architect Jeanne Gang with Kate Orff of SCAPE to transform community life along the Mississippi. It […]
Winter Garden FL, A Quintessential Character Town.
Winter Garden is a centennial town found within the aura of the Orlando Region. Since 2000, the population has more than tripled with an additional 31,700 people now residing in the City. Amidst this stupendous growth, the City has become evermore the quintessential character town. The origin story for CharacterTowns.org owes much to the City […]
Winter Garden FL, A Quintessential Character Town.
Winter Garden is a centennial town found within the aura of the Orlando Region. Since 2000, the population has more than tripled. Amidst this stupendous growth, the City has become evermore the quintessential character town. The origin story for CharacterTowns.org owes much to the City of Winter Garden. CHARACTER. Winter Garden is an interesting, pleasant […]
Winter Garden’s Tucker Ranch Recreation Park and Nature Preserve
CT.org…The City of Winter Garden is the quintessential character town that continues to innovate and progress as a small city dedicated to being a place that is interesting, pleasant and prosperous for its residents, businesses and visitors. Development of the Tucker Ranch is another creative step in providing multiple benefits through a single action: The […]
With historic federal investment incoming, regions must collaborate on planning.
From Brookings CT.org…Brookings calls for regional planning as a gateway to federal funds. Usually, CT.org provides an introductory paragraph from a useful article with a link to the balance, but this one is so timely, the entire article is provided below. Thanks to historic commitments by Congress and resilient local economies, the next five years […]
World is in danger of missing Paris climate target, summit is warned by Fiona Harvey
From the Guardian Minister tells more than 80 world leaders that not enough is being done. The world is still not on track to fulfill the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the UK’s business secretary Alok Sharma warned, after a summit of more than 70 world leaders on the climate crisis ended with few new commitments […]
World’s Top Global Mega Trends to 2025 and Implications to Business, Society and Cultures
World’s Top Global Mega Trends to 2025 and Implications to Business, Society and Cultures is an article from the 2016 World Economic Forum that discusses the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The article is so thick with content that several readings are necessary to appreciate the full extent of the presentation and the potential impact the envisioned future […]
The Worst Streets In North America
The Worst Streets in North America provides examples of really bad streets along with the criteria used for the determination. The analysis provides an object lesson for small cities and owns trying to preserve, enhance or create character in their towns. FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Wrestling Public Benefits from Derelict and Neglected Roads, Rails and Rivers
THE PROSPECT. Valuable lands and waters are being discarded because their first use has become obsolete and most communities and developers are not clever enough to envision a productive life for the second or subsequent generations of use. Fortunately, some communities, urban designers and philanthropists are envisioning new uses for discarded roads, rails and rivers. […]
Yale Climate Connections: Climate Explained by Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby and Richard Richels
“The evidence is compelling on human activity as the principal cause of global warming. “Research conducted worldwide makes clear that it’s overwhelmingly human activities – in particular combustion of fossil fuels – that can explain observed global temperature increases, especially over the past seven decades.” FacebookTweetLinkedInEmail
Yale Climate Connections…Coming Series.
Four experts share a ‘few simple, clear, and indisputable statements of scientific fact’ on climate change. By Gary Yohe, Benjamin Santer, Henry Jacoby, and Richard Richels | Friday, September 11, 2020 “Here are seven key climate messages to follow-up our September 4 posting of debate questions related to climate change. On a weekly basis, we […]
Yale’s Climate Connections
Good readings for getting up to speed on methane. There’s a lot involved in better understanding the climate change implications of methane, a principal component of natural gas. That methane is a powerful greenhouse gas is not news for many readers of this site. But it is newly prominent, both as a significant contributor to […]