The Placemaking Round-Up
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
The Biweekly Bazaar
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
PPS went straight to Hell last month to work with residents on a revitalization plan for the area's public spaces. Friends of Hell, a group dedicated to making Hell "safe, clean and green" for everyone, invited PPS to evaluate Hell's furnaces, infernos, abysses, and lakes of fire--and suggest ways to improve them. The Underworld fared poorly in virtually all of PPS's four key Place qualities--Access and Linkages, Comfort and Image, Uses and Activities, and Sociability. The final category ranked lowest of all on many evaluations. "Hell needs more community places where we can get to know each other, we're all very suspicious of pretty much everyone else," noted one participant.
Using the PPS Place Game, stakeholders evaluated three of Hell's nine levels (additional funding could allow for full evaluation of all levels.) Even without a full data set, residents had many ideas for short and longer term improvements, including a skating rink (very popular), comfortable places to sit, better signage, water fountains, and information kiosks. Shade structures were frequently mentioned, especially to offer protection from Hell's frequent storms, when the sky rains hot lava for much of the day.
Places with extremes of temperature frequently find ways to overcome those issues with extensive programming.
Although many participants complained about the difficulty of outdoor activities in Hell, PPS showed slides of community events in all kinds of weather, hot and cold, and noted that places with extremes of temperature (such as Sweden and Mexico) frequently find ways to overcome those issues with extensive programming and management.
While Hell's punishing atmosphere was a consistent complaint, perhaps more revealing was the lack of information regarding exits, especially for newcomers. "A new arrival in Hell basically has no idea where he or she is going," noted one participant.
Residents were also enthusiastic about a PPS proposal to offer a training course in placemaking for Hell supervisors, who were unable to attend the workshop due to a scheduling conflict, and have few incentives to make improvements, in part due narrow job descriptions typical of Hell's administrative bureaucracy.
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