Research Catalog

Title

Creating great town centers and urban villages / [principal authors, Prema Katari Gupta, Kathryn Terzano].

Publication

Washington, DC : Urban Land Institute, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Gupta, Prema Katari.
• Terzano, Kathryn.
• Urban Land Institute.

Description

vii, 199 pages : color illustrations, color plans; 26 cm

Summary

"What are the factors that make a town center exceptional and not just another routine shopping area? Packed with color photographs, site plans, and case studies of top new projects, as well as classics that have endured the test of time, this book gives you the inside story and the details on how town centers were developed and what makes them innovative. It provides hard-to-find facts on costs, rents, land uses, and more. A full chapter on trends analyzes what is working and what is coming next."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Town centers and urban villages

Subject

• City planning > United States
• Mixed-use developments > United States
• Community development, Urban > United States
• Architecture > Human factors
• Central places > United States

Contents

What Are Town Centers and Urban Villages? -- What Are the Changing Attitudes? -- Development Trends -- Strategic Site Selection -- Transportation Choices -- Public Participation -- Retrofitting and Redevelopment of Car-Oriented Retail -- Development Flexibility -- Incorporation of Existing Fabric -- Use of Storyboarding -- Design That Uses Dissonance -- Civic Anchors -- More Hotels and Offices -- Development Principles -- Ten Principles for Developing Successful Town Centers and Urban Villages -- Create an Enduring and Memorable Public Realm -- Respect Market Realities -- Share the Risk; Share the Reward -- Plan for Development and Financial Complexity -- Integrate Multiple Uses -- Balance Flexibility with a Long-Term Vision -- Capture the Benefits That Density Offers -- Connect to the Community -- Invest for Sustainability -- Commit to Intensive On-Site Management and Programming -- Case Studies -- Birkdale Village, Huntersville, North Carolina -- CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida -- Crocker Park, Westlake, Ohio -- Downtown Silver Spring, Silver Spring, Maryland -- East 29th Avenue Town Center, Denver, Colorado -- Excelsior and Grand, St. Louis Park, Minnesota -- The Glen Town Center, Glenview, Illinois -- The Market Common, Clarendon, Arlington, Virginia -- River Ranch Town Center, Lafayette, Louisiana -- Santana Row, San Jose, California -- South Campus Gateway, Columbus, Ohio -- SouthSide Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Victoria Gardens, Rancho Cucamonga, California -- Zona Rosa, Kansas City, Missouri.

ISBN

• 9780874200768
• 0874200768

LCCN

• 2008011750
• 40016030659

OCLC

• ocn214282381
• SCSB-9244991

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries