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Streets Markets Make a Comeback | Placemaking Weekly

Posted September 26, 2021 - 23:35

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.

The Return of the Local Market
In market news, there was a silver lining to the decline in tourism in Europe during the pandemic. With fewer crowds, the continent's street markets became more accessible and enticing to locals. People were able to shop safely outside while creating a shared healing experience. Through the Market Cities Initiative, Project for Public Spaces, Slow Food International, and HealthBridge Foundation of Canada have teamed up to show how cities around the world can use markets as a transformative force. Read more.
 

More from the Blog


Flyover Park: Empowering the Next Generation of City Builders in Calgary
June 25, 2021 • by Ximena González

Social Alchemy: Jim Walker on Placemaking as Utopian Experiment
May 12, 2021 • by Jim Walker

Six Trends in Placemaking & Active Transportation from Walk/Bike/Places
May 6, 2021 • by Nate Storring
 

Events & Opportunities
September 27–October 3, 2021 • Porch Placemaking Week, Fourfold Studio 

October 5–October 7, 2021 • Open Talks Superilla Barcelona, AfterCovid.City 

November 4, 2021 • Call for Proposals: A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation   
 

Have an event or opportunity you would like to share? Email us at [email protected].
 

Public Space News
A Renewed Focus on Water Fountains. For the Ottoman's "providing drinking water was a philanthropic duty." Today, Istanbul is returning this idea and restoring the city's historic water fountains, which used to serve as community meeting points. (CityLab)

Across the world, Minneapolis and San Francisco are two cities also looking to bring back the humble water fountain to promote equitable access to water. (Next City)

Placemaking Rooted in Identity. Urban planner Ebony Walden explores the potential for placemaking projects with values "rooted in equity and Black prosperity and created [with] a vision for homeownership, entrepreneurship, and cultural arts rooted in African American history and culture." Walden gathers inspiration from Miami's Domino Park in Little Havana, which has a nostalgic Cuban atmosphere, as well as the Homecoming art project highlighting Black stories in Pittsburgh's Hill Neighborhood. (Next City)

The Rise & Fall of the Pedestrian Mall. One of the most popular news items in last week's "Placemaking Playbook" covered the elevated cycleways of the late 19th century. Another great idea, ripe for a comeback, is the pedestrian malls of the 1970s. Researchers found that the following factors would aid their success this time around: the presence of a college, the pre-existence of foot traffic, a dense local population, and shorter, more varied lengths. (Bloomberg)
 

Placemaking Playbook
As always, here's a roundup of placemaking projects and ideas that inspired us this week:
    1. Making cities more playful is the next frontier towards happier and healthier communities (Streetsblog NYC)


    1. A Finnish research study found that even one month spent playing amongst nature was enough to improve a kid's immune system (Science Alert)


  1. A round-up of seven squares that transformed their cities (Social Life Project)

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