#todaysmainstreet, Monroe Center Street, in Grand Rapids.
From an urbanist perspective, it is notable when older #midsizedcities retain historic built fabric that has been preserved and continues to contribute positively to the city’s civic image and sense of place.

Dundas St. Woodstock. #todaysmainstreet shows how smalltown main streets still have strong bones: historic buildings, reuse potential, and room for new housing to support local retail. Some are doing well, others are struggling. How do we help small town mainstreets thrive again?

Talbot Street. #LeamingtonCanada #TodaysMainstreet

Visiting reminded me how smalltown mainstreets endure. Some struggle, others adapt, like Leamington. With well integrated new housing and #AdaptiveReuse, they can revive or continue to thrive. Big city avenues could learn a lot. #UrbanObservations

The evolution of Yonge St. #Toronto #todaysmainstreet Once defined by 2–3 storey heritage buildings, it’s now dominated by larger developments. Are these remnants meaningful or overwhelmed? Big questions shaping the look and feel of the city’s core.

Main St., Strathroy, Canada. #todaysmainstreet Smalltown cores now face new residential growth pressures. Great bones + human scale, create resiliency. The challenge is balancing new development with character, and unlocking #adaptivereuse + #placemaking potential.

Main Street, Huntsville 🇨🇦 #todaysmainstreet
Evolving from cottage to condo country—locals say change is underway. There’s life and fabric here, but can it evolve beyond tourism? A real test of small-town urbanism, like so many main streets I’ve studied—big city avenue or tourist town strip.

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What makes a good Main Street? This article looks at 10 exemplars, looking beyond the typical design issues of scale and aesthetic.

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Boston. Tremont Street. #todaysmainstreet
After studying it last week; Thinking: What truly makes a “Main Street”? Is it the retail? Its role in the community? Its residential links? Maybe it’s time to rethink Main Streets for a future shaped by new retail realities.

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We don’t always think of a Yonge Street as a Main Street, like the small town archetype, but it performs similar functions.
It galvanizes the citizenry around its main public space (the street) and creates a large portion of the city’s ever-evolving identity.

We often think of main streets as just as elements of small town downtowns, but main streets anchor our neighborhoods, specialized districts, and commercial corridors also.
#todaysmainstreet comes in different scales and characters, providing the spine for resilient communities. #todayspublicspace