A beautiful (and warm!) day for the Place Game in Bryant Park, during PPS's "Making It Happen" training session this week.
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In France, a recently-announced $6.1 billion plan, called Action Coeur de Ville (Action: Heart of the City), aims to revamp 222 city centers across the country over the next five years with new stores, offices, co-working spaces, and renovated housing. ( CityLab)
In the primarily Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, a residential street transformed into a one-day “play street” last weekend as part of a design initiative to reclaim streets for civic life. Often as collaborations between neighbors, activists, and nonprofits or city agencies, “play street” initiatives have gained traction around the world, particularly in low-income communities that lack green space and other amenities. ( New York Times)
Could Washington, D.C. be next in line for a gondola? Concerns about ridership and efficiency still surround the $80-100 million project, which would connect Georgetown and Arlington, Virginia. ( DC Policy Center)
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More Placemaking Stories & Ideas
- How Detroiters are Shaping a Post-Industrial Riverfront Park (NextCity)
- Cities from the Sea: The True Cost of Reclaimed Land (Guardian Cities)
- What’s the Matter with Nebraska? (The Place Master)
- Future Housing: 6 Forward-Thinking Visions Make Dense Cities More Livable (WebUrbanist)
- São Paulo and Fortaleza Embrace ‘Safe System’ Approach to Combat Road Safety Problems (TheCityFix)
- How Government Can Use Tech to Meet Citizen Service Goals (govloop)
- Understanding the Unique Challenges of Urban Loneliness (Planetizen)
- Hospital Chiefs: Lack of Transit in Metro Detroit is a Public Health Issue (Detroit Free Press)
Place of the Week
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 Astor Place
New York, NY
With its iconic moving cube and plenty of spaces to sit and eat (as well as the addition of a new stacked rhinoceros sculpture), Astor Place made for an iconic location to play the Place Game during our "Making It Happen" training this week!
Nominate a Great Public Space here! |
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Events & Opportunities
- Event: Living Lab | Placemaking for Innovation (La Marina de Valencia, Spain: May 7, 2018)
- Internship: Project Internship: Citizens' Institute for Rural Design, Project for Public Spaces (Deadline: May 18, 2018)
- Job: DTE Energy Beacon Park Manager (Detroit, MI)
- Event: We Count! Public Life Data Design Sprint, Gehl Institute (New York, NY: May 9-12, 2018)
- Conference & CFP: 55th International Making Cities Livable (Ottawa, Canada: May 14-18, 2018)
- Grant: AARP 2018 Community Challenge (Deadline: May 16, 2018)
- Conference: CNU 26.Savannah, Congress for the New Urbanism (Savannah, GA: May 16-19, 2018)
- Side Event: "Placemaking Tools for New Urbanists by Project for Public Spaces" at CNU 26.Savannah (Savannah, GA: May 15, 2018)
- Conference: EDRA49, "Social Equity by Design" (Oklahoma City, OK: June 6-9, 2018)
- Conference: REVERBERATIONS, Association for Community Design 41st Annual Conference (Baltimore, MD: June 8-9)
- Conference/Festival: WeMakeThe.City (Amsterdam, NE: June 20-24, 2018)
- Conference: Walk/Bike/Places 2018 (New Orleans, LA: September 16-19, 2018)
- Conference: 10th International Public Markets Conference (London, UK: June 6-8, 2019)
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PPS Announcements & Events
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