Comments on: Challenges and Warts: How Physical Places Define Local Economies

By: Why True Neighborhood Building Requires the Dedication of a Few Zealous Nuts | Cities on GOOD | imagine a community hub in the Junction

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:22:43 +0000

[...] in its capacity for building stronger and more varied connections between neighbors. As we’ve written in the past, “if you’re not building social capital, you’re not Placemaking; you’re just re-arranging [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | All Placemaking is Creative: How a Shared Focus on Place Builds Vibrant Destinations

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:11:31 +0000

[...] of gentrification in formerly-maligned urban core neighborhoods. We believe that this is largely due to confusion over what Placemaking is, and who “gets” to be involved. If Placemaking is project-led, [...]

By: Project for Public Spaces | Opportunity is Local (Or: You Can’t Buy a New Economy)

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:32:20 +0000

[...] 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 [...]

By: Shouldn’t Miss News of the Week | Preservation and Place

Shouldn’t Miss News of the Week | Preservation and Place — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 21:14:43 +0000

[...] Challenges and Warts: How Physical Places Define Local Economies: A neat blog post from Project for Public Spaces on what Placemaking is and what it isn’t. [...]

By: Lisaschamess

Lisaschamess — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:34:00 +0000

and I might add, importantly, to my comment above “people whom the city has already helped shape…AND who have shaped the city.”

By: Lisaschamess

Lisaschamess — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:33:00 +0000

my takeaway from this, Eric, is also that we need to re-commit ourselves to planning the future with the people whom the city has already helped shape: residents who have stuck it out for a long, long time, and ex-pats who would come back because they love and cherish the city.

For this reason, I am very moved by the quote about Tokyo understanding that memory was its most important attribute for rebuilding.

And for this reason, we must speak plainly and often and with great humility with one another about race and class, and to strive to make justice and listening central to place-making. To do so will be no small feat. It requires a level of honesty and openness that is easy to sacrifice to expedience and urgency. We do so at our peril. I think this article encourages a justice-centered approach to making places really livable.

By: Placemaking « Planning Brandon

Placemaking « Planning Brandon — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:28:13 +0000

[...] reflect the ideals they were meant to embody. For a critique of this watering-down, check out a recent post at the Project for Public [...]

By: Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:27:00 +0000

That’s the Transect

By: Eric Douglas

Eric Douglas — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:25:00 +0000

The problem for Detroit is Chicago. Most metro Detroit college graduates don’t want to have to be part of the urban revitalization of Corktown/midtown/downtown. They want a place that’s urban and livable now. But I agree the term placemaking is used too often and mostly used incorrectly since few decisions actually involve the affected public.

By: Future of Places

Future of Places — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000

“We shape our buildings thereafter our buildings shape us” -WInston Churchill

By: ppsnyc

ppsnyc — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:03:00 +0000

That’s a fantastic quote, thanks for sharing it Patrick. -BC

By: Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:48:00 +0000

nice post – reminds me of a 1915 quote from Robert E Park, “‘It is the structure of the city which impresses us by its visible vastness and complexity, but this structure has its basis, nevertheless, in human nature, of which it is an expression. On the other hand, this vast organization which has arisen in response to the needs of its inhabitants, once formed, impresses itself upon them, in turn, in accordance with the design and interests which it incorporates.”