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The 10 Greatest US Public Markets That Met the Wrecking Ball

By David K. O'Neil on May 5, 2013 | 7 Comments

This guest post features a collection of wonderful historic postcards and photos from the private collection of PPS markets consultant David K. O’Neil. We thank him for allowing us to share them with you here!

It is no secret that market halls, market sheds, and market districts were once more prevalent in American cities [...]

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Welcome Back, West Side Market!

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 22, 2013 | 2 Comments

Depending on how much you love public markets (and we know that many of you love public markets a whole lot) you may have already heard that the West Side Market, the bustling heart of Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood for the past century, was shuttered for more than two weeks recently after a fire. [...]

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New Report on Farmers Markets & Low-Income Communities

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 20, 2013 | 10 Comments

In 2009, the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and in partnership with Columbia University, undertook a study to examine what market characteristics successfully attract low-income shoppers. The study also explored the obstacles that may prevent low income individuals from shopping at a farmers market when [...]

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When is a Market More Than Just a Market?

By Kathy Madden on Jan 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Holiday markets in Germany are more than simply “markets” in an economic sense. More importantly they play a much broader role in the social life of people who live in the communities where they are held. Not only do they provide unique and beautiful settings in the cold winters with dark afternoons, but [...]

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This drawing of the market dates to the late 1880s; look closely, and you can see the Statue of Liberty in the upper right-center, out in the Harbor.

How Markets Grow: Learning From Manhattan’s Lost Food Hub

By Patra Jongjitirat on Nov 25, 2012 | 3 Comments

This slideshow charts the rise and fall of the Washington Market, from its earliest days to its destruction in 1960. Click the arrow to the right to advance to the next image.

All slideshow images appear courtesy of David K. O’Neil.

The sun has barely risen, but the horses and delivery wagons forming a [...]

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A bustling street market in Markets Conference host city Cleveland / Photo: PPS

How Markets Scale to Fit Communities: An Interview with Larry Lund

By Patra Jongjitirat on Sep 6, 2012 | Add Comment

A great public market doesn’t usually just happen–there are a lot of smart, dedicated people behind the scenes who work to make sure that markets are set up to serve their surrounding area. Like any public space, markets work best when they reflect the people who live nearby. They are places for buying and selling [...]

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Setting the Table, Making a Place: How Food Can Help Create a Multi-Use Destination

By Patra Jongjitirat on Aug 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Food – we need it, we love it, and we structure our lives and cultures around it. San Antonio, Texas, is a city that is starting to structure its neighborhoods around it, starting with an ambitious redevelopment project called the Pearl Brewery. Located on 22 acres along the banks of the San Antonio River [...]

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@misterviet suggests that a visit to Cincinnati's Findlay Market is well worth your time.

Great Public Markets: A Crowdsourced Global Tour

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 25, 2012 | 1 Comment

Last week, we published a new feature article on Market Cities. The resulting discussion online produced a long list of Placemakers’ favorite public markets and market districts across five continents. We’ve rounded up photos from a selection of these favorites to create a colorful tour of a dozen bustling, beloved market districts around [...]

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You Are Where You Eat: Re-Focusing Communities Around Markets

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 18, 2012 | 12 Comments

Picture yourself at the supermarket, awash in fluorescent light. You’re trying to stock up for the next couple of weeks, since it’s a busy time of year. You grab some granola bars (and maybe even a box of pop tarts), some frozen dinners, a box of macaroni with one of those little packets of powdered [...]

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How “Small Change” Leads to Big Change: Social Capital and Healthy Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jun 6, 2012 | 7 Comments

According to Dr. Richard Jackson, a pioneering public health advocate and former CDC official now serving as the Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA, the idea that buildings, streets, and public spaces play a key role in the serious public health issues that we face in the US “has undergone a profound sea change [...]

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The Cure for Planning Fatigue is Action

By Project for Public Spaces on May 30, 2012 | 3 Comments

Detroit has become a media darling in recent years, as the story of its rapid de-industrialization and population loss has given way to a new narrative: one of entrepreneurial arts groups, neighborhood farmers markets, and corporate investment downtown by the likes of Quicken Loans and Compuware, catalyzed in part by the new public square at [...]

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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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