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"It takes a place to create a community and a community to create a place."
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"When you focus on place you do everything differently."
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"It takes more skills than any one discipline can offer to create a place."
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"It's hard to create a space that will not attract people; what is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished." -William H. Whyte
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"If you plan for people and places you get people and places."
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February 6th, 2012
Levels of Service and Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools for Planning Our Streets?
When we try to eliminate congestion from our urban areas by using decades-old traffic engineering measures and models, we are essentially using a rototiller to weed a flowerbed.
February 2nd, 2012
Placemaking Goes to Ireland!
“How to Turn a Place Around in Ireland” will introduce new ways of thinking about public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to bring communities together and revitalize underperforming spaces.
January 16th, 2012
10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance
Project for Public Spaces and our partners at Livability Solutions are pleased to announce the 10 communities selected to receive free technical assistance this year, thanks…
January 12th, 2012
Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces
This article also appears in the current issue of Public Art Review.
“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people; what…
December 15th, 2011
Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!
The 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference, to be held September 10–13 of next year Long Beach, Ca., is starting to take shape, and you can be a part of it. Do you have a proposal for a presentation? The call for submissions is now open.
