- How Placemaking Can Empower Urban Communities, Not Tear Them Apart (Brookings)
- New York’s L Train Shutdown is Cancelled. What Happened? (CityLab)
- How Urban Planning Can Help Us Cope With Climate Change (ArchDaily)
- Congestion Pricing, Often Attacked as Inequitable, Is Actually the Cure for Inequitable Transportation (StreetsBlog)
- People Are Happier In States That Spend More Money On Public Places Like Parks And Libraries (Washington Post)
- Toward More Comprehensive Multi-Modal Transit Planning (Planetizen)
- Amazon and the Homeless: A Tale of Two Long Island Cities (The Guardian)
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“Cars are happiest when there are no other cars around. People are happiest when there are other people around.”
— Dan Burden
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Discovery Green, Houston, TX
Known affectionately as “Houston’s Backyard,” Discovery Green Park is a beloved place for city residents and visitors alike. Opening in 2008, the park attracts 1.2 million people annually. The park is bustling day and night, with over 600 free events ranging from movies to fitness classes, concerts, tango lessons and children’s writing workshops, which compliment everyday attractions like a roller skating rink, boating pond, gardens, playground, scenic walking paths and cafes. |
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- Discussion: Grassy Grassroots: Citizens Creating Parks, Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, NY: February 4, 2019)
- Call for Proposals: 2019 EDRA Great Places Awards, Environmental Design Research Association (Deadline: February 11, 2019)
- Job: Senior Research Analyst, Brookings, Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking (Washington, D.C.)
- Event: All Things Urban London Meetup, "Ok, Google, Let's Talk Cities" (London, UK: February 15, 2019)
- Colloquium: Record/Replay: Data, Technology and Experimental Preservation, Columbia GSAPP Fitch Colloquium (New York, NY: February 15, 2019)
- Program: Global Designing Cities Initiative, Streets for Kids (Deadline: February 26, 2019)
- Grant: Community Assistance Grant, Community Builders, (Deadline: March 1, 2019)
- Event: Singapore Urban Design Festival (Singapore: March 14-17, 2019)
- Grant: TD Park People Grants, Park People, (Deadline: March 4, 2019)
- Award: JMK Innovation Prize, J. M. Kaplan Fund, (Deadline: April 30, 2019)
- PPS Training: Placemaking: Making It Happen (New York, NY: May 8-10, 2019)
- Conference: EDRA50, Sustainable Urban Environments (Brooklyn, NY: May 22-26, 2019)
- PPS Conference: 10th International Public Markets Conference (London, UK: June 6-8, 2019)
- Conference: European Placemaking Network's Placemaking Week Europe 2019 (Valencia, Spain: June 12-15, 2019)
- PPS Conference: 3rd International Placemaking Week (Chattanooga, TN: October 1-4, 2019)
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NOW AVAILABLE! 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.
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