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Making the Journey a Destination: Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail Debuts

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

Back in 2007, we highlighted the Indianapolis Cultural Trail project in Bold Moves, Brave Actions, a feature that looked at five cities on five continents making exceptional strides toward becoming more people-friendly places. Indy, we wrote, was “taking what may be the boldest step of any American city towards supporting bicyclists and pedestrians” [...]

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Five Jane’s Walks Focused on Community Resilience

By Project for Public Spaces on May 3, 2013 | 1 Comment

The fact that Jane Jacobs’ name is so often attached to the idea of gentrification today seems a cruel irony. Jane’s writing was focused on how to create strong neighborhoods that fostered robust social networks; she was far from a “NIMBY”, and her interest in preservation was more about economics than aesthetics. Unfortunately, the complexity [...]

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Learning From Knight’s Soul of the Community, Leaning Toward the Future of Placemaking

By Dr. Katherine Loflin on Apr 11, 2013 | 2 Comments

Today, as the inaugural meeting of the Placemaking Leadership Council kicks off in Detroit, Michigan, we are thrilled to bring you this special guest post by Dr. Katherine Loflin, a powerful advocate for the importance of place to local economies, and one of the event’s keynote speakers.

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It’s hard for me to [...]

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"Everywhere you look, there are kids canoodling. Think of all of the germs being spread around! It's just gross.” / Photo: PPS

Bloomberg Seeks to Limit the Length of Kissing in Public Spaces

By Project for Public Spaces on Apr 1, 2013 | 3 Comments

Citing data showing that kissing is up to dangerous levels in the city’s streets and public spaces, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has introduced a measure to attempt to limit the length of public displays of affection in the interest of public health. Bloomberg admitted that the rampant PDA may be an unintended consequence of [...]

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Capitol Park will become a hub for arts and creativity / Image: PPS

Detroit Leads the Way on Place-Centered Revitalization

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 29, 2013 | 13 Comments

You may have heard about downtown Detroit’s big comeback story. Campus Martius has become one of America’s great urban squares. Demand for housing has outstripped supply for months. Major tech firms like Twitter are opening up offices in refurbished historic buildings. The Motor City’s historic core is ascendant.

Yesterday, at an event hosted by [...]

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Want to Create Family-Friendly Places? Get the Kids at the Table!

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 6, 2013 | 3 Comments

In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake changed the face of downtown Santa Cruz, damaging dozens of buildings and hobbling the local retail scene. The Cooper House, which had been a key public gathering space in this oceanfront city’s core, was ruined. When the site was re-developed, a larger building was placed along the street, and [...]

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All Placemaking is Creative: How a Shared Focus on Place Builds Vibrant Destinations

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 4, 2013 | 14 Comments

This is the first of a three-part series on transformative Placemaking. To read part two, click here. To read part three, click here.

Placemaking is a process, accessible to anyone, that allows peoples’ creativity to emerge. When it is open and inclusive, this process can be extraordinarily effective in making people feel attached [...]

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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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Opportunity is Local (Or: You Can’t Buy a New Economy)

By Brendan Crain on Feb 5, 2013 | 9 Comments

“At the heart of my argument,” writes Jim Russell in his response to last Wednesday’s blog post, “is the fact that [Placemaking] initiatives are intrinsically place-centric. Instead of place-centrism, I’m looking at talent migration through a lens of people-centrism…I’m convinced that placemaking is useful, but not for talent attraction/retention. People move for purposes [...]

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Small Town Rebound: Making a “Great Place” in New Jersey

By Patra Jongjitirat on Dec 18, 2012 | 3 Comments

PPS heartily congratulates the Borough of Madison, New Jersey, whose downtown was recently named one of the 2012 Great Places in New Jersey by the state chapter of the American Planning Association. It is an affirmation of the Borough’s unwavering dedication over the past 30 years and demonstrates the power of a community to [...]

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Looking Back on 2012…and On to 2013, the Year of the Zealous Nut!

By Fred Kent on Dec 16, 2012 | 3 Comments

Dear Placemakers;

Almost four decades ago, we created the Project for Public Spaces to expand the work of the great urbanologist and observer of public spaces, Holly Whyte. The way that public spaces were being conceived and designed then was disconnected from the reality of how people used them, yet there was surprisingly little [...]

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A double rainbow shines over Lower Manhattan on the day after Hurricane Sandy / Photo: Kurt Deitrich via Instagram

Re-Thinking Resilience: What Disasters Teach us About Community Capacity

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 1, 2012 | 5 Comments
PPS has been working extensively over the last year with Peter Smith, the Chief Executive Officer of the Adelaide City Council in Australia to create new models of governance and organizational culture that are more supportive of Placemaking, and institutionalize Placemaking principles, tools and process. Peter has written a paper that we will release soon on the evolution to this model of [...]
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