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Weekly Placemaking Round-Up - Project for Public Spaces

Posted April 23, 2018 - 11:39

Here is the latest issue this new weekly roundup of news, ideas, opportunities, and more - a curated list of content for placemakers by placemakers - from the Project for Public Spaces [1].
Project for Public Spaces [2]
February Newsletter
February Newsletter
Public Spaces in an Era of Climate Change
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If you’re wondering whether we’re making progress on climate change, it depends on who you ask. It’s been a year defined by both triumphs of community resilience as well as urgency prompted by broken climate records. But as much of the world looks for solutions to climate change, it’s easy to forget that one of the most immediate ways to address climate change is right in front of us: public spaces. To fight off the worst effects of climate change, we need to look to our parks and our streets for answers. (Remember, the first Earth Day celebration took place right here, on the streets of New York City!) 

Check out our Earth Day post on the PPS blog, here [3]!
In the News

The arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks has raised questions of whether “third spaces”—places outside of work and home that are meant for meeting and socializing—are truly open to everyone. The international coffee chain has branded itself as a hangout spot for years, but this all-too-common incident begs the question of who, in fact, is welcome to hang out in these quasi-public spaces. (NPR [4]) 
Topics: Equity & Inclusion [5]; Third Places [6]
 
Parks in London routinely have more visitors and foster more activity than parks in the U.S. A new report attributes the success of European parks to their more adventurous, “risky” elements, as well as more open-ended design that caters to multiple age groups. (Sidewalk Labs [7])
Topic: Parks [8]


In the midst of an affordable housing crisis, L.A. is looking to its public spaces as places to deliver public services. Growing encampments of unhoused Angelenos have spurred activism around providing humane and accessible social services, some of which will now be housed in public parks and parking lots. (NextCity [9])
Topics: Equity & Inclusion [5]

New York’s most iconic park will soon have a lot less traffic—NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans for a car-free Central Park in its “loop drives” below 72nd Street. (NY Daily News [10])
Topics: Streets & Transportation [11]; Parks [8]

More Placemaking Stories & Ideas
  • Public Space Arms Race (Urban Omnibus [12])
  • Florida’s Complete Streets Law Saved Thousands of Lives, and That Wasn’t Enough (StreetsBlog [13])
  • As New Transit Startups Take Over Streets and Sidewalks, Cities Need to Step Up (Curbed [14])
  • How the Fair Housing Act Failed Black Homeowners (CityLab [15])
  • Restoring a Healthy Local Food Economy on the Gulf Coast (NextCity [16])
  • Toward Car-Free Cities: 3 Reasons Why London’s Congestion Charge is Working (TheCityFix [17])

Place of the Week
Car-Free Earth Day on Broadway
New York, NY
 [18]This weekend, members of PPS staff attended the annual Car Free Earth Day celebration on Broadway, where we asked people: "What would you do here if the streets were car-free every day?" Check out more shots, and be sure to follow us on Instagram at @pps_placemaking!

Nominate a Great Public Space here!

Events & Opportunities

 

Upcoming PPS Trainings & Events
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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] [35] today. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.
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Links:
[1] http://www.pps.org/
[2] http://www.pps.org
[3] https://www.pps.org/article/public-spaces-in-an-era-of-climate-change
[4] https://www.npr.org/2018/04/18/603693170/arrests-at-philadelphia-starbucks-store-raise-uncomfortable-questions-for-compan
[5] https://www.pps.org/category/equity-inclusion
[6] https://www.pps.org/article/can-retail-space-be-an-extension-of-the-public-realm
[7] https://medium.com/sidewalk-talk/why-europes-parks-and-playgrounds-are-so-much-more-active-than-america-s-d1963d569205
[8] https://www.pps.org/category/parks
[9] https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/l.a.-converting-public-spaces-into-public-service-hubs
[10] http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/de-blasio-ban-cars-central-park-hours-article-1.3944520
[11] https://www.pps.org/category/streets-transportation
[12] https://urbanomnibus.net/2018/04/public-space-arms-race/
[13] https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/04/18/floridas-complete-streets-law-saved-thousands-of-lives-and-that-wasnt-enough/
[14] https://www.curbed.com/2018/4/11/17225882/uber-lyft-scooters-transportation-city-sidewalks
[15] https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/how-the-fair-housing-act-failed-black-homeowners/557576/?utm_source=feed
[16] https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/restoring-a-healthy-local-food-economy-on-the-gulf-coast
[17] http://thecityfix.com/blog/toward-car-free-cities-3-reasons-londons-congestion-charge-working-shiyong-qiu-thet-hein-tun-dario-hidalgo/
[18] https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh2VW8MnUb5/?hl=en&taken-by=pps_placemaking
[19] https://www.pps.org/jobs/internships
[20] https://newcities.org/crowdsourcing-the-city-london/
[21] http://newcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Strategies-for-Crowdsourcing-the-City-Masterclass.pdf
[22] https://www.greenway.org/about/job-openings
[23] http://welcometocup.org/NewsAndEvents/AnnouncingTheCUPFellowshipForChangeInDesign
[24] http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/55th-conference-ottawa/call-papers
[25] http://www.livablecities.org/conferences/55th-conference-ottawa
[26] https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/about/info-2017/aarp-community-challenge.html
[27] https://www.cnu.org/cnu-26savannah-registration
[28] https://www.cnu.org/event/placemaking-tools-new-urbanists-project-public-spaces
[29] http://www.edra.org
[30] https://wemakethe.city/en/
[31] https://www.walkbikeplaces.org/?mc_cid=58d7e53ab0&mc_eid=2d5b9a9d7f
[32] https://publicmarkets.pps.org
[33] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/placemaking-making-it-happen-spring-2018-tickets-42681456385
[34] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-create-successful-markets-spring-2018-tickets-37493930355
[35] mailto:[email protected]
[36] http://twitter.com/share