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Houston Celebrates the Grand Opening of Downtown’s New Market Square

By Megan MacIver on Nov 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

“This is the perfect park: it has history, it has green space, it has food, it has places for the pets, it has places for kids to play, it has art- this is going to be the heart of this area- and the events that we do here are going to be that heart beat!“  [...]

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The Market in Pittsburgh's Market Square draws visitors from around the region to wander its colorful stalls each Thursday

Pittsburgh’s Market Square Opens This Week

By Megan MacIver on Oct 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

Earlier this week, a Grand Re-Opening Ceremony for Pittsburgh’s Market Square kicked off a new, exciting chapter of the city’s downtown history.  The ceremony, attended by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and other public officials, marked the culmination of years of public process and $5 million investment in the area; guided and initiated by PPS’ [...]

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35 safety planners, police commissioners, and government leaders from South Africa, Kenya, and Namibia

Safer Communities Through Placemaking: PPS visits Johannesburg

By Megan MacIver on Sep 30, 2010 | Add Comment

Making great places means making safe places: in many ways, Placemaking and crime prevention have always gone hand in hand.  And this summer, PPS’ Cynthia Nikitin traveled to South Africa to bring the concept of place to the UN Habitat Safer Cities Programme at the Safe and Resilient Cities Capacity Building Workshop. This [...]

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Summer Nights drew more than 7,000 people to the streets of LA's Chinatown

Chinatown Summer Nights Lights Up LA’s After-Dark Scene

By Megan MacIver on Sep 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

In LA, Chinatown is known as the spot to savor dumplings, noodles, bubble tea—and now, with the huge success of Chinatown Summer Nights, a summer festival that emerged from PPS’ CRA/LA Placemaking Academy, it’s also become a new, bright light in the city’s downtown after-dark scene.

LA’s Chinatown Summer Nights expands on [...]

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Pike Place Market is the center of a vibrant and historic Seattle neighborhood

Carol Binder, Leading Pike Place Into Its Next 100 Years

By Megan MacIver on Aug 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

Known as the “Soul of Seattle,” Pike Place Market draws more than 10 million visitors each year to its colorful stalls and lively streets, making it one of the most frequently visited destinations in all of Washington State.  Founded in 1907, Pike Place is much more than a market and stands at the center [...]

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Eric Reynolds, Master of Low-cost, High-return Public Space Interventions in London and NYC

By Megan MacIver on Aug 9, 2010 | 7 Comments

“Lighter, quicker, cheaper:”   three words to sum up a revolutionary, low-cost, high-impact strategy to development, one behind all of Eric Reynolds’ projects at Urban Space Management (USM), a firm known for driving the economic renewal of run down or under-utilized spaces in imaginative and cost effective ways.  Reynolds urges a movement away from “mega-schemes” [...]

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East New York Farms!: What It Takes to Be a Great Market

By Craig Raphael on Aug 4, 2010 | Add Comment
Working to address food justice issues in Brooklyn, NY, ENYF! has become the social center of the neighborhood.
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Markets for All: Celebrating National Farmers Market Week

By Craig Raphael on Aug 4, 2010 | 2 Comments

Rows of brightly colored produce; freshly baked breads and blueberry pies; mingling of friends, neighbors and strangers: there’s no limit to the joys of a local farmers market.

The spectacular resurgence of markets, which have grown more than 80 percent over the last decade in the United States, is truly cause for celebration. Their rise [...]

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The Central Market in Cleveland, Ohio was once a bustling center of commerce. Photo credit: Collection of David K O'Neil

Historic Market Halls Breathe Life into Local Economies

By Craig Raphael on Jul 25, 2010 | Add Comment

In honor of our new partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, PPS is revisiting a body of project work impacting historic places. Last week we looked at several historic train stations in New Jersey; today we’ll examine America’s market halls.

America once had hundreds of thriving market halls. Sadly, most were [...]

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Placemaking Meets Preservation

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 15, 2010 | 5 Comments
PPS and the National Trust for Historic Preservation team up to promote a new vision for the future (and past) of American communities

What’s the biggest secret army of placemakers throughout the world?

Historic preservationists. These tireless activists protect historically significant buildings, downtowns, neighborhood districts, parks and even whole landscapes. They are citizens and professionals [...]

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Preparing fresh lobster rolls at the Brooklyn Flea

In Difficult Times, New Vendors Converge on Local Markets

By Craig Raphael on Jun 4, 2010 | Add Comment

They sell empanadas, rice balls and rhubarb pies, roof-grown produce and spicy jams.  They represent the latest trend of food entrepreneurs peddling homemade delights at local food markets, as profiled in yesterday’s New York Times article, “Their Future, Made by Hand.”

Inspired by the artisan food movement and seeking new opportunities in rough [...]

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Fresh produce en route to schools in the San Juan area at the Naranjito Distribution Center

Local Food Dishes Out Economic Opportunity in Puerto Rico

By Craig Raphael on May 27, 2010 | 2 Comments

Public markets have recently exploded in popularity in the United States, and their myriad benefits are increasingly well documented. South of the mainland, Puerto Rico is just beginning to develop a market system that supports local farmers, but their long-standing food distribution centers offer important lessons for the continental US, particularly with regards to school lunches–a [...]

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