Contents – February 2023

CONTENTS – February 2023

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR SMALL CITIES AND TOWNS…

Cities, small and large, build social cohesion, civic pride and community connections with libraries, museums, community gardens, civic theaters, public galleries, parks and the pathways that connect them; this month we focus on the “active zone” along main street with its hotels and theaters:

• “Downtown Hotels, A Threshold Achievement”…wck
• “Main Street’s Active Zones: Not Too Tall, Not Too Long”…wck.
• “The Design and Content of Nine Character Main Streets in Central Florida”…wck.
• “Downtown Community Theaters, “Edu-tainment” Emporiums”…wck.

CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES

• From The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]  
  
  • “Why Sea Level Matters”
  • “Measuring Sea Level”
  • “What’s Causing Sea Levels to Rise?”
• NOAA’s National Climate Report 2022.
• “Energy Sources of Electric Generation” from the Energy Information Administration.
• Bloomberg Carbon Clock, CO2 monthly readings through December 2022.

SPECIAL FEATURES…

• Person to know about: Lawrence Halprin, 1916 – 2009, Landscape Architect, Urban Designer.
• A Quintessential Character Town: Auburndale FL.
• Video [6:49]: Porto Revival, 2015, Monocle films visits Porto and Mayor Rui Moreira to discover how one city leader is determined to stop gentrification destroying his city.
• Video [14:20]: Peter Calthorpe, TED Talk “7 principles for building better cities”, 2017.

BOOKS…

• America’s Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle, University of Tennessee Press, 2009.
• TRIUMPH OF THE CITY, How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier, Edward Glaeser, 2011.
• The Great Good Places, Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, Ray Oldenburg, 1999.