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Technology is for People: Outlining Four Freedoms for the 21st Century

By Brendan Crain on Feb 26, 2013 | 3 Comments

“Today we will talk about the future that we make,” said #CivicTech activist Noel Hidalgo in his opening remarks at We Built This City: The State of Civic Technology, a panel organized last week as part of Social Media Week in New York City. Hidalgo went on to outline what he calls the Four [...]

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Announcing The Future of Places Conference Series

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 10, 2013 | Add Comment

On June 24-26th, 2013, Placemaking leaders from around the world will gather together with UN officials, representatives from international government agencies, NGOs, designers, change agents, mayors, local politicians, and other place-centered actors for The Future of Places, the first of three linked conferences that will develop a ‘Future of Places Declaration’ to influence the [...]

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Matthew Birkhold / Photo: Natalia Radywyl

After the Storm, Re-Imagining the City

By Natalia Radywyl on Dec 7, 2012 | 4 Comments

Last week I finally returned to my Brooklyn home, some 5 weeks after being displaced by Hurricane Sandy. I live a block away from the Gowanus Canal, a dedicated ‘Superfund’ site slated for clean-up following years of industrial pollution and, as it turned out, a waterway ill-equipped for storm surges and 21st century superstorms. [...]

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Alamo Plaza bustles thanks to a temporary market during Team Better Block's last San Antonio project / Photo: Better Block

Better Block, Better City: An Interview With Andrew Howard

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 5, 2012 | Add Comment

Andrew Howard is one of the founding members of Team Better Block, a group that works to implement Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper strategies for the temporary revitalization of streets and public spaces in the short-term, to inspire people to think differently about how those places could evolve. Team Better Block recently took recommendations straight from [...]

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Ten Original & Offbeat Tours During Jane's Walk Weekend

By Project for Public Spaces on Apr 24, 2012 | 2 Comments
We sifted through hundreds of listings for tours during Jane's Walk Weekend (May 5-6) to find ten that are really thinking outside the box!
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Bike Lanes: The New Job Creators?

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 21, 2012 | 2 Comments
Long Beach shows how bicycling and walking investments can add value to a community and improve quality of life.
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Make Your Place Great: Register for Our Spring 2012 Trainings Today!

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 19, 2012 | Add Comment
Register today for our Spring 2012 Placemaking Trainings, "How to Turn a Place Around" (April 19-20) & "Placemaking: Making It Happen" (April 25-27).
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Early Bird Registration for Pro Walk / Pro Bike 2012: "Pro Place" is Now Open

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
The reduced-rate early registration period is now open for the 17th Pro Walk / Pro Bike conference, which will take place from September 10-13, 2012.
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Long Beach has been building a great network of bike lanes, making it a natural choice for next Year's Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference. Photo: waltarrr via Flickr.

Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
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.
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Photo: Mark Iantosca

‘Bring to Light’ Reimagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 12, 2011 | 3 Comments
Bring to Light is an immersive nighttime event on New York City’s waterfront that presents site-specific installations of light, sound, performance, and projection art, reconfiguring public space to showcase possibilities for change.
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Neighborhood residents had no shortage of suggestions for ways to make this a better place.

Harvesting the Positive Potential of Detroit

By Sarah Goodyear on Nov 8, 2011 | 2 Comments
On the streets of Central Detroit, a sense of place -- and possibility -- isn't always easy to come by. But a harvest festival showed how many good things could happen.
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Before and after, downtown Long Beach: What a difference a lane makes. Photo: jericho1ne via Flickr.

Long Beach to Host Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in 2012

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference will be headed to Long Beach, Calif., in 2012.
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