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A Playbook for Inclusive Placemaking | Placemaking Monthly

Posted June 2, 2019 - 11:36

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. In this edition, read the first article in a series on equity and inclusion in placemaking.

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If we are going to do better than a status quo that reinforces existing inequalities in public space, placemaking must become a process of broad listening and deep learning—from the first workshop, through programming, design, and management.  Read our first article in a series on equity and inclusion in placemaking.

More from the Project for Public Spaces blog:
Multi-Use Cemeteries: A Place for the Living in the Land of the Dead
Three Great Streets from Mexico City's Centro Histórico
ICYMI: Placemaking Week Comes to Chattanooga
A Revolution on the Streets of India: Five Years of Raahgiri Day
  • D.C. Bill Would Make Protected Bike Lanes Mandatory (Streetsblog)
  • This City Might Give Homeless People the Right to Camp in Any Public Space (CityLab)
  • 'Just like a real office': workers use public parking as co-working space (Guardian)
  • Don't forget the footpath—it's vital public space (The Conversation)
  • Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk (World Resources Institute)
  • Participatory Budgeting: 10 Years of Transforming Democracy (Participatory Budgeting)

“So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem.” 

— William H. Whyte
Parramatta Square | New South Wales, Australia
Parramatta Square reflects flexible design principles, setting an example for successful small public spaces created through ongoing programming, events, and markets. The square has anchored the public life of the region, even while adjacent parts of Parramatta Square are under construction. 
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