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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"pedestrian mall"”.
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Pedestrianized Streets – From Shopping to Public Space: The History and Evolution of Pedestrianization In North America From Modernism to Contemporary
This dissertation addresses the evolution of pedestrianization, specifically examining the pedestrian mall concept, which originated from modernist planning and design ideas in the early 20th century. The pedestrianization of Times Square in New York City in 2009 has heightened contemporary …
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An Evolving Main Street: The Impact of Urban Renewal on Downtown Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1966-1974
… municipal planning in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a small southwestern city, following the Second World War. This thesis tries to answer the question of why officials favored the application of suburban planning solutions to the downtown. What reasoning lead to the adoption and construction of the …
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Festival modernism : downtown plans & pedestrian malls, 1956-1974
… 1956 and 1974, many cities in the United States pedestrianized their main shopping corridors in an effort to revive retail, draw middle-class white consumers back to the central city, and emulate the increasingly popular and profitable suburban shopping centers burgeoning at the fringe. By the …
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Woodward Avenue, Detroit : a pedestrian zone for a changing downtown retail street
… Avenue shopping district: a Woodward Avenue pedestrian mall with trees and street furniture, a subway with Woodward A venue stations, and an enclosed shopping center. While these projects have the potential to greatly influence Woodward Avenue, they need to be lightly integrated with the …