The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action:
- Mayor Bozeman of Bremerton, WA sparks criticism and debate with critical remarks on Seattle’s waterfront. [Seattle Times (Op Ed), Seattle Times, Crosscut]
- This past weekend, citizens in dozens of cities went on Jane’s Walks in their neighborhoods. [Calgary Herald, Janes Walk]
- In New York City, nine new public plazas are on their way through the NYC Plazas Program. [Streetsblog]
- New series of waterfront programming brings life back to Boston’s “dirty water”. [Boston Globe]
- Rethinking the process of urban planning with a case for an open-source approach. [Re:place]
- In Miami, plans are unfolding for a new Art Museum in bayfront Bicentennial Park. [Miami Herald]
- Cities across America are rediscovering the attraction of the streetcar. [Infrastructurist]
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