Place Making : Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages

Foreword viii Introduction 2(6) The Place-Making Trend 8(20) The ``Quest for Community'' 9(3) Place Identity 12(2) Changing Perferences and Tastes 14(1) New Housing Concepts: Selling Lifestyle, Not Density 14(2) Evolving Retail Realms 16(3) New Workplace Environments 19(2) Advancing Leisure and Entertainment Concepts 21(1) Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, and Livable Communities 22(3) The New Urbanism 25(3) Learning from the Past: Town Centers and Main Streets Revisited 28(28) Colonial Centers and Courthouse Squares 31(2) Early Railroad Towns 33(2) The Garden City Movement and Civic Art 35(4) Early Shopping Villages 39(9) Town Centers in Transition 48(8) Timeless Design Principles for Town Centers 56(24) Gathering Places 59(7) Streets and Pathways 66(5) Town Center Buildings 71(9) Emerging Formats for Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages 80(50) Town Centers for Master-Planned Communities 84(7) Village and Town Centers in New Urbanist Communities 91(11) Suburban Infill Town Centers 102(3) Urban Redevelopment Town Centers 105(2) Existing Main Streets Reinvented 107(2) Urban Villages 109(3) Reinvented Retial Centers 112(5) Transit Villages 117(3) New Urbanist Workplaces 120(4) Publicly Initiated Suburban Town Centers 124(6) Launching a New Town Center: Feasibility and Financing 130(28) Development Objectives and the Development Team 131(2) Evaluating Sites and Conducting Market Analyses 133(4) Feasibility Analysis 137(11) Financing 148(4) The Public Sector and Town Centers 152(6) Breakthrough Projects Revisited 158(22) Miami Lakes Town Center 159(2) Princeton Forrestal Village 161(3) Mashpee Commons 164(5) Reston Town Center 169(5) Mizner Park 174(6) Case Studies 180(96) CityPlace: West Palm Beach, Florida 180(12) Easton Town Center: Columbus, Ohio 192(10) Haile Village Center: Gainesville, Florida 202(12) Market Square: Gaithersburg, Maryland 214(12) Market Street at Celebration: Celebration, Florida 226(14) Orenco Station Town Center: Portland, Oregon 240(12) Southlake Town Square: Southlake, Texas 252(14) Valencia's Town Center Drive: A Developer's Perspective 266(10) A Compendium of Planning and Design Ideas for Town Centers 276(27) Defining the Character of the Town Center 277(9) Planning the Streets and Circulation System 286(8) Designing and Configuring Buildings 294(9) Understanding Urbanism 303