Comments on: What is Placemaking?

By: The Post Where I Consider Workshops

The Post Where I Consider Workshops — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:44:15 +0000

[...] work of praxis? Maybe this is another way of asking how rhetoricians (should/could) participate in platemaking. My own prejudice colors my opinion of analysis as a tool for placemaking, but I’m willing to [...]

By: Redes sociales – redes urbanas | Ciudad Pixel

Redes sociales – redes urbanas | Ciudad Pixel — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:34:01 +0000

[...] este punto me surgió una reflexión y se me vino a la cabeza la idea del “Placemaking” que manejan en Project For Public Space, es decir hacer distritos que surjan desde la gente para la [...]

By: consensus is costly: Philadelphia’s Delaware riverfront | Landscape Urbanism

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:00:13 +0000

[...] The CDAG spent the year described above engaged in what the aptly-named Project for Public Spaces would call a placemaking exercise. While the concept of placemaking won’t be a new one for many readers of this blog, the pretty lengthy PPS definition is worth a look: placemaking “involves looking at, listening to, and asking questions of the people who live, work, and play in a particular space, to discover their needs and aspirations. This information is then used to create a common vision for that place” (and there are several more pages where that came from). [...]

By: For and by the people | Design-Lancaster

For and by the people | Design-Lancaster — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:13:12 +0000

[...] Jacobs and Whyte inspired the founding of the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) in 1975, a non-profit planning, design and educational organization that among other things has coined the term placemaking as: [...]

By: All about placemaking | Insite | Landscape Forms

All about placemaking | Insite | Landscape Forms — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:14:31 +0000

[...] The Project for Public Spaces says, “Placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces. Put simply, it involves looking at, listening to, and asking questions of the people who live, work and play in a particular space, to discover their needs and aspirations. This information is then used to create a common vision for that place.” [...]

By: Michigan » Blog Archive » Michigan Leads the Way « Project for Public Spaces

Fri, 13 May 2011 20:48:01 +0000

[...] “Neighborhoods, cities and regions are awakening to a significance of ‘place’ in mercantile development. They are formulation for a destiny that recognizes a vicious significance of peculiarity of life to attracting talent, entrepreneurship and enlivening internal businesses. Competing for success in a tellurian marketplace means formulating places where workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses wish to locate, deposit and expand. This work has been described as a “sense of place” or “place-based mercantile development” or simply “placemaking.” [...]

By: Michigan Leads the Way « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Fri, 13 May 2011 16:31:29 +0000

[...] “Neighborhoods, cities and regions are awakening to the importance of ‘place’ in economic development. They are planning for a future that recognizes the critical importance of quality of life to attracting talent, entrepreneurship and encouraging local businesses. Competing for success in a global marketplace means creating places where workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses want to locate, invest and expand. This work has been described as a “sense of place” or “place-based economic development” or simply “placemaking.” [...]

By: Placemaking as a New Environmentalism: Reinvigorating the Environmental Movement in the 21st Century « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:37:46 +0000

[...] take responsibility for and shape these public realms beyond their homes. This is a process we call Placemaking, which is dedicated to encouraging and empowering people to take ownership over and contribute to [...]

By: CoLab Radio » Blog Archive » The Enabling City: Unlocking the Democratic Potential of Places & Spaces

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:56:15 +0000

[...] creating good public spaces that promote people’s health, happiness, and well being.” – Project for Public Spaces. Image by Urban [...]

By: Placemaking 101 « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities

Placemaking 101 « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:16:02 +0000

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By: MYTHS AND FACTS of Transportation Planning for Global Warming « Smart Growth USA

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:18:23 +0000

[...] FACT – First, for any given solution to an environmental problem, there must be demand. Before the Government can dictate patterns of land use on private property to combat global warming, there must be demand for new patterns of development, such as “placemaking.” [...]

By: Public Spaces and Making Places « Architrix Design Studio Inc.

Public Spaces and Making Places « Architrix Design Studio Inc. — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:09:53 +0000

[...] create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. It talks about the concept of Placemaking and describes how it can be used to bring communities together and revitalize under-performing [...]

By: Following the Flow of the People with Crosswalks | TheCityFix.com

Following the Flow of the People with Crosswalks | TheCityFix.com — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:19:43 +0000

[...] urban landscape, and bring life to streets. This type of intuitive planning is often referred to as placemaking, or demonstrated through complete streets policies. Lim's "ergonomic" crosswalk. [...]

By: Walking, transport, placemaking « Learning and Change

Walking, transport, placemaking « Learning and Change — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:55:15 +0000

[...] the walkshop – and the main messages that I took away were around the idea of “placemaking“. One of the main principles was called the power of 10 and the basic idea of “the [...]

By: The making of a place — Positively Phoenix

The making of a place — Positively Phoenix — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:44:52 +0000

[...] though I had a vague idea that wasn’t way off the mark. I found the best description on the Project for Public Spaces website: “Placemaking is not just the act of building or fixing up a space, but a whole process that [...]

By: PreservationNation » Blog Archive » What Makes a Place Great? It’s as Easy as Counting to Ten!

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:48:13 +0000

[...] The new partnership recently launched between PPS and the National Trust pairs PPS’ “placemaking” principles with the Trust’s Main Street Four-Point Approach® to the revitalization of [...]