Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces
This article also appears in the current issue of Public Art Review. “It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people; what…
- Digital Placemaking expands and enhances the work that PPS does face-to-face with community members and municipal officials to create great places and to plan for more livable, sustainable communities.
Want to Apply for Free Technical Assistance? Watch the Webinar!
Did you miss the webinar this week about applying for the technical assistance we’re offering under the U.S. EPA’s Building Blocks program? Never fear, we’ve got an archived copy!
Zuccotti Park and OWS: “A Stiff, Clarifying Test” for Privately Owned Public Spaces
Just how public are New York's publicly owned private spaces? Fred Kent discusses the question with WNYC's Brian Lehrer.
- On the streets of Central Detroit, a sense of place -- and possibility -- isn't always easy to come by. But a harvest festival showed how many good things could happen.
- Placemaking is in the news these days, and it's got us thinking that we are at an exciting moment in history.
Your Picks for the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada
Ask yourself, what are the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada? You might be surprised at the winner of our poll.
Crowd-Sourcing the Lowdown on New York’s Privately Owned Public Spaces
Zuccotti Park is just one of dozens of privately owned public spaces around New York. Just how public are these places? How accessible and welcoming? How pleasant and well-maintained?
- Can cities have charisma? Of course they can. Just like people.
- The Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference will be headed to Long Beach, Calif., in 2012.
- Is your city’s best place on the list yet? This is your chance to get it on the map.
- PPS's Elena Madison reports that in her hometown of Sofia, people are ready to make a better city for themselves -- an authentically Bulgarian great place.