Weekly Placemaking Round-Up | July 17 - 23, 2017 - Project for Public Spaces

Posted July 23, 2017 - 11:07

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.

This Week's Highlights: July 17 - 23, 2017

After dedicating much of his professional life to creating, reinventing, and fixing business districts throughout the U.S., Marco Li Mandri—founder of New City America (and member of PPS’s Placemaking Leadership Council)—outlines the powerful ways that a focus on community, place, and placemaking can benefit business.

Topics: Placemaking & Place Management

Two provocative articles in the LA Times this week (here and here) explore the role of developers (and coffee!) in the conversations around gentrification in two local neighborhoods. In both cases, it’s clear that a lack of sensitivity to the needs of the existing community is a major issue for residents. What are your thoughts?

Topics: Community & Economic Development
It was a scorcher in NYC this week, so in honor of summer, a nostalgic look at the history of Playstreets—a cherished summer institution in neighborhoods across NYC for over a century, where city blocks are closed to cars and transformed into kid and pedestrian-friendly play zones (Streets as Places at its finest!). Today these events are being phased out in favor of more structured “play” experiences, and this year there will be just 15, down from 40 in 2016 and 150 two decades ago.

Topics: Streets as Places

More Placemaking Stories & Ideas

Flint Market Will Put Good Food, Ownership in Hands of Residents (NextCity)
Pursuing Inclusion, Equity in the Nation's Capital (Planetizen)
Public Spaces: 10 Principles for Better Urban Renewal (TheCityFix)
Need a Guide for Regional SDGs Implementation? Look to Belgium and Kenya (Citiscope)
The Invisible Life of Urban Spaces (Sidewalk Labs)

Events and Opportunities

Conference: Placemaking in Manchester (September 7-8, 2017)
Conference: Place Invaders - Kitchen Table Conference in Adelaide, AUS (Oct 6, 2017)
Conference: Placemaking Week 2017 in Amsterdam (October 11-14, 2017)
Conference: Placemaking LatinoAmérica (November 6-9, 2017)
Course: UN-Habitat's Building Sustainable Communities: Leadership, Gender and the Environment (Haifa, Nov 19-Dec 12, 2017)

Instagram of the Week

Freiburg, Germany
A great market town on the edge of the Black Forest, Freiburg is a city of many virtues—compact, walkable, easily accessible by a fabulous tram system. A great model for a mid-sized city. Be sure to check out Fred Kent's Instagram shots at pps_placemaking.

Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants, awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected] today. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat.

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Weekly Placemaking Round-Up | July 17 - 23, 2017 - Project for Public Spaces