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The 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City is a COVID-era pop-up turned permanent linear
park. Today, lovers of public space will find almost thirty blocks of traffic-calmed streets with people running, walking their dogs, taking an outdoor dance class, and catching up with friends.
Our
latest article explores how this public space came to be. This story will inspire people to transform their local streets into more people-friendly
public spaces through Barcelona-style "superblocks." Read
more.
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Online Placemaking Training
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Registration ends September 29th at 11:59p ET! Join
our four-week online training—Placemaking:
Making it Happen—this October to learn time-tested placemaking concepts and the skills needed to implement and manage public space improvement projects. Group rates are available.
Learn more.
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More Events & Opportunities
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September 20, 11am ET •
Learn from Streetfilms' founder Clarence Eckerson in Videos:
Making "hard changes" understandable, 880 Cities
September 26 •
Register early for the
PastForward National Preservation Conference, November 1-4, 2022, National Trust for Historic Preservation
September 27-30 •
Attend Placemaking
Week Europe 2022, Pontevedra, Spain, Placemaking Europe & the City of Pontevedra
October 3-9 •
Join in Placemaking
Action Week, and take one small action to improve your neighborhood, PlacemakingX
Have an event or opportunity you would like to share? Email us at
me...@pps.org.
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Designing Cities for Independent Kids.
A Japanese show on Netflix called
My First Errand has brought renewed attention to the country's remarkably independent children. In Japanese cities, fifth graders make 85% of their weekday trips sans caretaker. How? City planning.
For example, in Japan elementary schools are often centrally located in urban areas, and there isn't a stark separation between residential and commercial districts. (99%
Invisible)
Hong Kong Attempts to Make Crosswalks Safer.
To encourage people to look up from their smartphones while crossing the street, many cities have experimented with audible signals to communicate when it's safe to cross. Now, Hong Kong is piloting the use of installing red and green LED lights
on the street to let pedestrians (looking down at their phones) know when it's safe to cross. So far, the reviews are mixed: some locals think that people will easily get used to these lights and ignore them as much as traditional signals. (CityLab)
The Social Determinants of Safety. Written by our friends at the
Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, a new op-ed urges lawmakers to address the physical and social conditions that shape neighborhoods. The
authors write that considering often-ignored factors, such as transforming vacant lots into parks, can lead to local communities where people can flourish, and ultimately reduce crime while improving public health. (Next
City)
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As always, here's a roundup of placemaking projects and ideas that inspired us this week:
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An artist transforms a London public space by creating "a sea of rainbow foam" (EuroNews)
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A new green corridor in Rio de Janeiro will connect five favelas and produce 80 tons of food (CityLab)
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The benefits (and one risk) of public art (ArchDaily)
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Making playgrounds more adventurous (The
Naked Scientists)
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A new art installation in Denmark highlights the city's lack of monuments to women (CityLab)
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These books, straight from our library to yours, will help you explore the delightful pursuit of placemaking:
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"New recipe book includes diagrams and tools to suggest potential changes
for any public space."
—Washington Post
How
to Turn a Place Around is a user-friendly guide on how to create successful places. Readers will learn how short-term actions and visible changes can lead to better public spaces in their own communities.
Learn more.
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"Fantastically insightful!
A foundational piece on what makes a great city."
—The Marginalian
The
Social Life of Small Urban Spaces captures Whyte’s classic 1980 study of New York’s plazas, which started a mini-revolution in urban planning and design. Out of print for six years, we're thrilled to make this important book available again.
Learn more.
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