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The impact of automated parking garages?: Based on the previous blog, Modern Parking 101, the urban parking garage
Modern parking 101: Say goodbye to parking garages, and hello to valet parking systems. Requiring
How did St. Louis’ downtown attract $2.5 billion?: It started with public-private leadership. City officials, business groups, banks and nonprofits
Contemporary workplaces in downtown St. Louis: While downtown St. Louis enjoys a residential renaissance, taking advantage of commercial
Cool finding its way to downtown St. Louis?: Let’s put it this way – just the population increase of already
Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Building height: Continuing our look at how CoolTowns are supported via city codes, beginning
Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Residential, office uses: In relation to the previous blog on retail and civic uses, today’s
Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Retail, civic uses: Continuing our look at what a city code needs to allow CoolTowns,
What makes a good city planning code for natural cultural districts?: As explained in the previous blog, today’s modern, progressive, people-oriented city planning
So what does a legislated city plan look like?: The results of the planning process described in the previous blog below
The making of a great neighborhood plan: So how did the City of South Miami’s Hometown Plan that led
Legalizing CoolTowns begins with the City: As you know, most of what has been built in the last
South Miami’s inspiring “100% Models” idea: The CoolTown approach to bringing economic and social vitality to an area
The return of theaters (and people) to downtowns: While there’s a movement afoot to preserve the 300-400 historic theaters that
Why can’t urbanites afford to live in their neighborhood of choice?: It’s simple supply and demand – the more desirable a neighborhood becomes,
How authentic is your town?: Based on yesterday’s blog on the prominence of authenticity, how is this
The evolution to authenticity: The best-selling, award-winning books, The Experience Economy and Mass Customization (this site
To grow a ‘forest’, start with one ‘good tree: If you wanted to grow a forest, but had money for only
The Irish pub – the official third place of Ireland (and more): Happy St. Patrick’s Day. In Ireland, three quarters of all alcohol is
Wi-Fi helping create a sense of place?: With wireless internet, traditionalists feared that ‘place’ wouldn’t matter anymore. Indeed, it’s
Since when is grocery shopping entertaining?: …since the service economy began evolving into the experience economy, and as
On “The View” – The 5 hottest areas in the nation: ABC’s The View featured the top five up-and-coming areas in the country,
A strong brand identity helps prevent brain damage: The merchants that make up thriving arts & entertainment/nightlife districts should get
Reader experience: A third place street: Youngbin Park at Cornell University provides this response to Monday’s blog on
Reader experience: A third place supermarket: Thanks to Annie Lux at UNC in response to yesterday’s blog on
Reader experience: What’s cool in Paris?: There are way too many cool places (here and overseas) that shouldn’t
Outsourcing IT jobs to… college towns?: Sometimes being economically disadvantaged is an advantage. The conflict: More and more
More hot trends for 2005: In continuation of yesterday’s blog and Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot Trends for 2005,