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Placemaking Monthly Newsletter | Project for Public Spaces - Library Launches and Wuhan's Waterfronts

Posted November 5, 2018 - 11:18

This newsletter from the Project for Public Spaces [1] connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, quotes, places, and events from the placemaking movement.
Library Launches and Wuhan's Waterfronts
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This month, PPS traveled to Wuhan, China [2] to plan for the upcoming Wuhan Placemaking Week in December—and we were sure to check out some local public spaces along the way, including Hankou Jiangtan Park along the Yangtze River! We also headed to Tennessee for Startup Week Chattanooga [3] and to Bentonville, Arkansas for the Heartland Summit [4]. Also this month, we visited Halifax, Nova Scotia, to speak at the Art of City Building [5] conference, and watched our work in Buffalo, New York [6] kick off at the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library [7]!  

More from the PPS blog:
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Slow Process, Fast Action: Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper, Kinder [8]
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A Public Space Awakening for Oklahoma's Kerr Park [9]
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Wandering the Wuhan Waterfront: Hankou Jiangtan Park [2]
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ICYMI: Reconnecting Europe's Waterfronts: The Valencian Experience [10]
  • Transformative Placemaking: Expanding Opportunities for People and Places (Brookings [11])
  • The Uniquely Racial Dynamics of Gentrification in Atlanta (Planetizen [12])
  • Stockholm Says No to Apple "Town Square" in its Oldest Park (Guardian Cities [13])
  • Fall in Love with Buffalo's "Reading Park" (Buffalo Rising [14])
  • Cities Have Metabolisms Too: İzmir and Rotterdam Work to Streamline Resource Use at a Civic Level (TheCityFix [15])
  • How Manhattan Became a Rich Ghost Town (The Atlantic [16])
  • Paris Gets to Keep its Car Ban (CityLab [17])
  • Miami Shows How to Reclaim a Street from Cars (Streetsblog [18])
  • St. Louis Wants More Artists to Drive Civic Engagement (NextCity [19]) 
  • Combat Loneliness with "Social Prescribing," says Theresa May (The Guardian [20])

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”

— Angela Y. Davis
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OZ Trails, Arkansas:
This beautiful and comprehensive trail system in Northwest Arkansas connects multiple downtowns, schools, housing, and the Crystal Bridges museum. A paved, multi-use central spine connects a network of stone and dirt mountain bike trails that weave across the main path, allowing advanced and beginner riders to ride together.
Nominate a Great Public Space here [22]!
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
The 2018 Revised Edition of How to Turn a Place Around [31], 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.

 

PRE-ORDER NOW! [31]

 
Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected] [32]. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.  
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[1] https://www.pps.org/
[2] https://www.pps.org/article/wandering-the-wuhan-waterfront-hankou-jiangtan-park
[3] http://colab.co/startupweekcha/
[4] http://www.theheartlandsummit.org/
[5] https://www.artofcitybuilding.ca/
[6] https://www.pps.org/article/turning-the-library-inside-out-in-buffalo
[7] https://twitter.com/buffalolibrary/status/1056998722750607361
[8] https://www.pps.org/article/slow-process-fast-action-lighter-quicker-cheaper-kinder
[9] https://www.pps.org/article/a-public-space-awakening-for-oklahoma-citys-kerr-park
[10] https://www.pps.org/article/reconnecting-europes-waterfronts-the-valencian-experience
[11] https://www.brookings.edu/events/transformative-placemaking-expanding-opportunities/
[12] https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/10/101238-uniquely-racial-dynamics-gentrification-atlanta
[13] https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/nov/01/stockholm-apple-town-square-park-kings-garden-kungstradgarden
[14] https://www.buffalorising.com/2018/10/fall-in-love-with-buffalos-reading-park/
[15] http://thecityfix.com/blog/cities-metabolisms-izmir-rotterdam-work-streamline-resource-use-civic-level-hande-donmez-cigdem-corek-oztas/
[16] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/new-york-retail-vacancy/572911/
[17] https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/10/paris-car-ban-seine-mayor-anne-hidalgo/574021/
[18] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/10/22/miami-shows-how-to-reclaim-a-street-from-cars/
[19] https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/st.-louis-wants-more-artists-to-drive-civic-engagement
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/14/loneliness-social-prescribing-theresa-may?CMP=share_btn_tw
[21] https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMqBujHJCP/
[22] https://www.pps.org/places
[23] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/growing-latin-american-placemaking-movement-ethan-kent/
[24] https://www.edra.org/page/edra50cfp
[25] https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/resources/webinar/how-start-your-safe-routes-school-program
[26] http://monumentlab.com/call-for-fellows/
[27] https://nacto.org/program/leadership-nacto/?mc_cid=3e0dc824b2&mc_eid=fe29738537
[28] https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3543897891489356035
[29] https://www.edra.org/default.aspx
[30] https://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=5ae75d0b2e&e=2d5b9a9d7f
[31] https://www.pps.org/product/how-to-turn-a-place-around-2
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