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.
- 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?
- These trainings will focus on how communities can take action to promote and enable healthy living for their citizens.
- One man and his baby grand add yet more fabulousness to one of the best public spaces in the world.
Celebrating a New Public Plaza in Brooklyn: You Can Feel It All Over
Want to see how good public space can make people feel? Watch this beyond-awesome video by documentary filmmaker Adele Pham.
- 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.
Mississauga Considers a Permanently Car-Free Celebration Square
The people of Mississauga like their new city square so much, they're talking about keeping cars out of it for good.
- The Square is the first step in creating a great destination that shows off the best of Mississauga and draws residents to enjoy their city center.
- What constitutes a public space? Where do public and private jurisdictions end? Our Cynthia Nikitin reports from the City Factory's Conference in Barcelona.
- In just twelve months, the number of markets featuring local producers in the Prague has grown from zero to more than twenty!