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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Place-Making Trend | |
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| The "Quest for Community" | |
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| Place Identity | |
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| Changing Preferences and Tastes | |
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| New Housing Concepts: Selling Lifestyle, Not Density | |
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| Evolving Retail Realms | |
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| New Workplace Environments | |
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| Advancing Leisure and Entertainment Concepts | |
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| Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, and Livable Communities | |
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| The New Urbanism | |
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| Learning from the Past: Town Centers and Main Streets Revisited | |
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| Colonial Centers and Courthouse Squares | |
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| Early Railroad Towns | |
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| The Garden City Movement and Civic Art | |
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| Early Shopping Villages | |
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| Town Centers in Transition | |
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| Timeless Design Principles for Town Centers | |
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| Gathering Places | |
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| Streets and Pathways | |
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| Town Center Buildings | |
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| Emerging Formats for Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages | |
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| Town Centers for Master-Planned Communities | |
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| Village and Town Centers in New Urbanist Communities | |
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| Suburban Infill Town Centers | |
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| Urban Redevelopment Town Centers | |
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| Existing Main Streets Reinvented | |
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| Urban Villages | |
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| Reinvented Retail Centers | |
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| Transit Villages | |
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| New Urbanist Workplaces | |
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| Publicly Initiated Suburban Town Centers | |
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| Launching a New Town Center: Feasibility and Financing | |
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| Development Objectives and the Development Team | |
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| Evaluating Sites and Conducting Market Analyses | |
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| Feasibility Analysis | |
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| Financing | |
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| The Public Sector and Town Centers | |
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| Breakthrough Projects Revisited | |
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| Miami Lakes Town Center | |
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| Princeton Forrestal Village | |
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| Mashpee Commons | |
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| Reston Town Center | |
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| Mizner Park | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| CityPlace: West Palm Beach, Florida | |
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| Easton Town Center: Columbus, Ohio | |
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| Haile Village Center: Gainesville, Florida | |
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| Market Square: Gaithersburg, Maryland | |
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| Market Street at Celebration: Celebration, Florida | |
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| Orenco Station Town Center: Portland, Oregon | |
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| Southlake Town Square: Southlake, Texas | |
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| Valencia's Town Center Drive: A Developer's Perspective | |
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| A Compendium of Planning and Design Ideas for Town Centers | |
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| Defining the Character of the Town Center | |
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| Planning the Streets and Circulation System | |
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| Designing and Configuring Buildings | |
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| Understanding Urbanism | |