Larry Houstoun's Urban Public Spaces & Business Improvement Districts
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17. BID Book Promos
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Lawrence Houstoun has written extensively on business improvement districts and has published articles on destination urban parks, urban linear parks, and unexpected parks with unusual financing in the US and Europe. He lives in Philadelphia.
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Urban Public Spaces
1. Why a Fresh Look at Urban Public Spaces
2. Watching the Crowds Go By
3. PPG’s Unpopulated Places
4. Ingredients for Successful Public Spaces
5. Urban Linear Parks
6. Unexpected Parks in Public Spaces
7. Destination Playgrounds
8. Urban Public Spaces on Private Property
9. Public Space Comeback
10. Siting Stadiums for Fun and Profit: Prospects for Spin-Off Investments
11. Where Bikes Rule: A Cautionary Report
12. “Will They Come?”
13. Amenity-Driven Economic Growth
14. Place Making at Poundbury
15. What Do People Do in Destination Parks?
16. L’Enfant’s Vision of a Distinctive Capitol City
17. Are We Ready For Bikes?
18. Downtown Housing and Experience Opportunities
19. Wrapping a Necessity in an Amenity: Princeton’s New Plaza
20. Living Downtown
21. More Commerce? No, More Fun
22. Urban Green Links
23. Too Hot to Shop and Other Inclemencies
24. The Slumming of the Suburbs
25. Living Villages: Thoughts on the Future of the Village Form
Business Improvement Districts
1. Partnering Local Governments and Businesses
2. Capitalist Tool
3. Betting on BIDs
4. Are BIDs Working?
5. BIDs Come to Britain
6. BIDs at Home and Abroad
7. Gotham Gets Civil
8. BID’s Growing Pains
9. Smart Money
10. The Future of BIDs: Smaller and More Creative
11. Voluntary Service Districts are Useful but They Lack Equity and Reliability
12. “Creative” Investments Will Be Key to Long-Term BID Success
13. BIDs Bolster Main Street Programs
14. BIDs of the Future Will Get More Creative About Services, Funding, and Partnerships
15. Business Improvement Districts and Urban Entertainment and Cultural Centers
16. True Grit
17. BID Book Promos
18. The Attraction of Arts
19. BIDs: Encompassing Residential as Well as Commercial Properties
20. Every Five Years, A Fresh Start
21. Business Improvement Districts and the Shape of American Cities
22. Face Time is Key to Successful BID Startup
23. Downtowns and BIDs Can Do More to Face the Recession
24. How Little We Know
25. Lost Lessons from U.S. BIDs
26. BIDs Face the Recession
27. Too Much Cleaning?
28. King of Prussia BID Approved
29. BID Success: Are We Happy Yet?
30. Urban Awakening
31. Do BIDs Reduce Crime or Fear?
32. Crime and Fear: Yesterday’s Problems?
33. Where We Are and Where We Are Going: Ten Clues for Planners
34. Viewpoint: $20 Gas
35. When Business Buys Transit
36. Car Sharing
37. Living in the Center: What Explains the Downtown Housing Boom?
38. Neighborhood Improvement District Explored for University City
39. BIDs: Partnering for Economic Development
40. Economic Development (book review)
41. Small Downtown-Affordable Solutions to an Expensive Problem, the Fear of Crime
42. Innovations: Not Your Usual BIDs
43. Business Improvement Districts Reconsidered
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