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Public Space Stories
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Placemaking
 Articles
Featured 
Public Space Stories
 Articles
December 14, 2017
Moving Beyond the "Smackdown" Towards an Architecture of Place
By 
Fred Kent
December 14, 2017
How Art Economically Benefits Cities
By 
December 14, 2017
The Story of Congress Square Park: How A Derelict Plaza Got a New Identity Downtown
By 
January 2, 2018
Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places
By 
Cheryl Millard
September 18, 2023
Shared Work Spaces and the Power of Place
By 
Nate Storring
Great Public Spaces
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Tenri Station
Tenri
, 
Nara
, 
Japan
Academy of Music Bus Stop
Northampton
, 
MA
, 
USA
Fruitvale BART Station
Oakland
, 
CA
, 
USA
Hal's Parklet
Albany
, 
CA
, 
USA
La Mariposa
Bogotá D.C.
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Colombia
River Garden
Memphis
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TN
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USA
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Placemaking
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June 17, 2019
The Story of a New Zealand Placemaker: The Waitematā is my sea
May 23, 2019
Multi-Use Cemeteries: A Place for the Living in the Land of the Dead
April 26, 2019
Opera on the Streets: How Kópera Activates Madrid’s Public Spaces with Music
April 22, 2019
Resilience Roundup: Public Spaces Fighting Climate Change
April 11, 2019
Ordinary and Extraordinary Circumstances: Mike Fisher on Post-Disaster Placemaking
April 1, 2019
Making Cities More Exclusive With Tactical Suburbanism: April Fools' 2019
March 25, 2019
Love This Town: Waterfront Lessons from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
March 21, 2019
Community-Led Solutions in a Housing Crisis: Engaging Youth in Eugene, Oregon
November 2, 2018
Wandering the Wuhan Waterfront: Hankou Jiangtan Park
October 5, 2018
Reimagining Detroit’s Public Spaces
January 30, 2018
Open Streets Cape Town Celebrates 5 Years of Car-Free Days
January 8, 2018
Hack > Tinker > Analyze > Design: How Short-Term Placemaking Experiments Transformed Philadelphia’s University City
October 4, 2017
Made by Locals: A New Age of Russian Placemaking
September 26, 2017
Rebuilding Trust: Placemaking in Central and Eastern Europe
August 21, 2017
Eclipse: The Great Triangulator
August 15, 2017
When Hate Comes to Your City: Charlottesville and the Militarization of Public Space
July 5, 2016
PPS Markets Training: Learning From NYC’s Most Beloved Places
April 26, 2016
Open Streets Cape Town: Reconnecting the Post-Apartheid City
April 6, 2016
What Pike Place Teaches us about Place Governance
November 23, 2015
Shared Work Spaces and the Power of Place
November 18, 2015
Building Bridges as Public Spaces, Not Just Infrastructure
October 21, 2015
When "Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper" Is Not Enough
June 24, 2015
Reflecting on Today's Market Trends
June 12, 2015
Creative Communities and Arts-Based Placemaking
June 1, 2015
Young People and Placemaking: Engaging Youth to Create Community Places
May 27, 2015
Estonoesunsolar: Finding Opportunity in Emptiness in Zaragoza, Spain
April 2, 2015
From BBQ to Bellydancing: Celebrating Diversity at the Boise International Market
February 2, 2015
The Trouble with Modernization: Lessons for Endangered Markets Everywhere
November 19, 2014
Transforming a Neglected Square: Bringing Arts and Culture Outside at the Perth Cultural Center
November 6, 2014
“Sweet Rebellion”: Reclaiming India’s Streets with Raahgiri Day
November 3, 2014
Priorities in Port-au-Prince: Iron Market Sparks Regeneration
September 30, 2014
The Story of Congress Square Park: How A Derelict Plaza Got a New Identity Downtown
August 18, 2014
The Top Ten Best Busking Hotspots in the World
September 17, 2013
Taking the Next Step: Paris Leads With Innovation in the Streets
May 29, 2013
Food For Thought: Why Barcelona's Markets Are "Super" Places
May 4, 2013
The 10 Greatest US Public Markets That Met the Wrecking Ball
November 24, 2012
How Markets Grow: Learning From Manhattan's Lost Food Hub
July 24, 2012
Great Public Markets: A Crowdsourced Global Tour
June 19, 2011
“Put the most important space in the most public space”: Lessons from South Africa’s Constitutional Court
April 7, 2011
Using Ciclovia to Plan Your Streets
July 24, 2010
Historic Market Halls Breathe Life into Local Economies
May 6, 2010
Alfred Tredway White: Public Housing Pioneer Who Built For Quality Public Spaces
March 4, 2010
9 Great Streets Around the World
September 17, 2009
Moving Beyond the "Smackdown" Towards an Architecture of Place
July 14, 2009
Energy, creativity, and collaboration transform Savannah’s public spaces
April 12, 2009
Community Placemakers: Newell Nussbaumer and Buffalo Rising
December 31, 2008
How Art Economically Benefits Cities
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