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Full-Text Articles in Urban Studies and Planning
Spruce Up The Plan Reports To Gain Some Notice, Chester Smolski
Spruce Up The Plan Reports To Gain Some Notice, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"It was just a decade ago that the comprehensive plan for the city of Springfield, Mass. was published, and almost immediately, the national news media picked it up and publicized it throughout the country. What was it about this plan for the future of a middle-sized city that would generate this type of attention? After all, most cities produce similar plans, but these usually go unnoticed and unread, even in the communities for which these plans are made.
The imaginative approach used in the Springfield plan was to publish it in the Time magazine format, even to a title that …
Providence Scores High Against Criteria For Vibrant Downtowns, Chester Smolski
Providence Scores High Against Criteria For Vibrant Downtowns, Chester Smolski
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"It has been nearly a generation since her thought-provoking and polemical The Death and Life of Great American Cities appeared, but some of the ideas expressed are still as valid as they were 28 years ago.
The second of the five major books that Jane Jacobs has written is the one that captured the imagination of the public and caused planners to rethink, argue and debate many of the policies and practices they had come to accept as immutable."
If Europe Can Team Up, Bristol County Can, Too, Chester Smolski
If Europe Can Team Up, Bristol County Can, Too, Chester Smolski
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"To regionalize or not? That may be the question facing Rhode Island's Bristol County.
It is the smallest of the five counties in the state, with its 24.9 square miles equalling only 6 percent of Providence County, the state's largest at 437 square miles. The three small towns of Barrington, Warren and Bristol that comprise this East Bay peninsula are usually given just a fleeting glance by visitors as they head south for Newport.
Right now, the three towns are faced with a decision regarding the recycling of waste, which is to take place by September. The state Solid Waste …