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5 Days Left to Catch the Placemaking | Placemaking Round-Up

Posted July 16, 2023 - 13:04

This round-up 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.

5 Days Left to Catch the Placemaking Training Early Bird Rate

Register now for our online Placemaking: Making it Happen training to secure the lowest rate! Early bird registration & scholarship applications are open until Thursday, July 20 at 11:59p ET. 

Over the course of six sessions during September 5-21, this training will build on participants’ knowledge of placemaking concepts. Project for Public Spaces' in-house experts will share everything you need to know about transforming public spaces, including observation and evaluation techniques. You'll also have the opportunity to network and connect with others in the field. Learn more.
 

From the Blog
Uses & Activities: How to Create Multi-Purpose Places
June 2, 2023 • by Katherine Peinhardt

How Toronto’s Public Markets Are Integrating Equity, Inclusion, and Reconciliation
April 27, 2023

Explore Three Emerging Market Trends at the 11th International Public Markets Conference
April 5, 2023 
 

Events & Opportunities
Now through August 4 • Submit an application the 2024 Great American Main Street Awards.

July 25, 11a ET • Register for Cities for Everyone with Gil's free webinar Wellbeing by Design.

Job Opportunities • Main Street America is seeking two new colleagues to work alongside Project for Public Spaces and USDOT on their Thriving Communities Program:

Save the Date: How to Create Successful Markets October 24 - November 9, 2023. Registration opens in August.

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

Public Space News
Participatory Design in Harlem. The New York Review of Architecture has an interview with Jerome Haferd of the Black-led public art and architecture studio BRANDT : HAFERD in Harlem. His recent project Sankofa is a communal gathering place in Marcus Garvey Park that celebrates local mythology. In order to create something that aligned with the park, Haferd co-facilitated design sessions with community members about what the installation should look and feel like as well as its placement. (New York Review of Architecture)

How to Promote Walkable Neighborhoods. A recent survey from the National Association of Realtors revealed that 92% of Gen-Z'ers looking to buy a home would pay more to live in a walkable neighborhood with parks and restaurants. Senior fellow at Brookings Addie Tomer says these kinds of neighborhoods are closer than we think, with the right policy decisions. For example, if there's a neighborhood with an existing activity center like an underused strip mall, changes could be made to the roads to make it safer for locals to get there by foot. (Streetsblog USA)

Can Downtown Get Weird Again? Inspired by the creative energy of 1970s New York City, the writer Josh Feit has some advice for Seattle: the city's "weirdos" not behemoth tech companies are the key to a vibrant Downtown. Feit says that Seattle could embrace reality—workers don't seem to want to return to the office and the persistent high rents aren't drawing enough businesses in—and make it easier for independent, art-centric retail to fill in the void. He believes an interesting mix of small businesses would lead to increased housing demand and revitalize areas affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. (PubliCola).
 

Placemaking Playbook
As always, here's a roundup of placemaking projects and ideas that inspired us this week:

  • An illegal dump in southern Dallas becomes a beautiful park with an all abilities playground, solar-powered lighting, and more (The Dallas Morning News)
  • 5 ways placemaking can boost happiness (Perth Now)
  • A call for local "Departments of Sidewalks" (Slate)
  • How to make everyday spaces like bus stops into learning environments for kids (The 74)
  • Tips for cooling down public spaces in the summer (Main Street America)

 

 

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