- How Beijing Is Redefining Public Space with the Temple of Heaven (TheCityFix)
- Seiichi Miyake: 3 Ways Inclusive Design Is Revolutionizing Urban Planning (Inverse)
- The Stark Traffic Safety Divide (CityLab)
- How public transport actually turns a profit in Hong Kong (Guardian)
- Kansas City Will Make Its Government 100 Percent Carbon-Free by Next Year (NextCity)
- Missing ingredient in healing cities after disaster? Culture. (Place)
- Measuring ‘public’ displays of affection (The Hindu)
- Why an Indian City Is Turning Old Buses Into Bathrooms (CityLab)
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“Moving beyond safety and security, [it's about] giving women and girls autonomy over their space... We know that when women have control over the top-level policy, that they can dramatically improve the lives of women and girls”
— Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman, at the kickoff of our PPS Speaker Series
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Granville Island Public Market | Vancouver, BC, Canada
Open seven days a week and home to about fifty merchants, Granville Island Market is a main draw for visitors. The mix of vendors at the market changes every week, and a tour--organized by Edible Canada--is one of the best ways to experience the diversity of products and the international food offerings. Read more here! |
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Nominate a Great Public Space here!
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- Applications: Summer Pocantico Fellowship at Marcel Breuer House (Deadline: April 19, 2019)
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Award: JMK Innovation Prize, J. M. Kaplan Fund, (Deadline: April 30, 2019)
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Event: Jane’s Walk NYC (New York, NY; May 3-5, 2019)
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Conference: EDRA50, Sustainable Urban Environments (Brooklyn, NY; May 22-26, 2019)
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Conference: European Placemaking Network's Placemaking Week Europe 2019 (Valencia, Spain; June 12-15, 2019)
- Conference: 3rd Meeting of Placemaking Latinoamerica (Lima, Peru: August 5-11, 2019)
- Conference: EDRA50, Sustainable Urban Environments (Brooklyn, NY: May 22-26, 2019)
- Conference: European Placemaking Network's Placemaking Week Europe 2019 (Valencia, Spain: June 12-15, 2019)
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GET YOUR COPY! The 2018 Revised Edition of How to Turn a Place Around, PPS's comprehensive guide to placemaking, with new tools and case studies, a vibrant updated design, and a brand new section on how to run a successful placemaking process. Order now!
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Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected]. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.
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