Town Watch

"Place making combines a wide mix of uses in a pedestrian-oriented environment to create a new public realm that gives a community its heart, character, and identity. In a true “place,” all kinds of people come together for a variety of everyday activities all day long, seven days a week. Town centers—from new main streets and town squares in typical post–World War II suburbs, to redeveloped big-city downtowns and newly developed transit villages—can be used to describe many of these new places." The full text of this article is available only to ULI members.

Thanks to Urban Land Magazine