The Design and Content of a Character Main Street

CENTRAL FLORIDA’S CHARACTER MAIN STREETS.
The five county Orlando Region is fortunate to have many small cities and towns with character downtowns; towns that are attractivewith successful retail and civic “main streets”. A survey of nine towns reveals an instructive commonality in the length of their main street active zones, the provision of parking and the height of their buildings. This history can inform the preservation of established character towns and the design of new towns.