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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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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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The first meeting of the Placemaking Leadership Council will take place in downtown Detroit, Michigan, home of the wonderful Campus Martius Park / Photo: PPS

Announcing the Placemaking Leadership Council

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 13, 2013 | 26 Comments

For those of us who are passionate about the public spaces in our communities, this is an extraordinary time. The general awareness of the importance of a strong sense of place—to the economy, to our social fabric, to human health—is growing stronger every day. Placemaking is, at this moment, being transformed from a useful tool [...]

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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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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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A Revolution in Placemaking

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 3, 2012 | 2 Comments

Since the Project for Public Spaces was founded in 1975,we have worked in thousands of communities around the world to help people shape their public spaces to create great Places, where locals feel a sense of ownership, and visitors don’t want to leave. Still, for as much fun as we’ve had, something feels different lately. [...]

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Photo: Ethan Kent

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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Entire families came by bike to the park. The park looked much bigger full of people.

The Power of Food Trucks to Calm a “Turf War”

By Megan MacIver on Aug 2, 2011 | 18 Comments
“If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food. Food attracts people who attract more people.” William H. Whyte
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A marketplace in Cairo.

Safer Cities for Women and Girls through a Place-based Approach

By Cynthia Nikitin on Jul 20, 2011 | 2 Comments
Placemaking dispatches from Cairo at the 2011 UN Women Designing Safe Cities with Women and Girls Stakeholder Planning Meeting
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Entrance to Eastern Market in Detroit

Improving Detroit Neighborhoods through Placemaking and the Power of 10

By Megan MacIver on Jun 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
PPS is proud to announce we’ve been awarded a grant from the Kresge Foundation to advance Placemaking in Detroit.
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This new market by the river in Prague revitalizes an underperforming public space.

Farmers Markets Take Off in Prague

By Megan MacIver on May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
In just twelve months, the number of markets featuring local producers in the Prague has grown from zero to more than twenty!
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