Posts Tagged ‘placemaking’
Project for Public Spaces | Equitable Placemaking: Not the End, but the Means
"A bike lane is not Placemaking; neither is a market, a hand-painted crosswalk, public art, a parklet, or a new development. Placemaking is not the end product, but a means to an end. It is the process by which a community defines its own [...]
Policy Innovations | What Makes a City Great? It’s not the Liveability but the Loveability
"A good place has at least 10 reasons to be in it, and what gets people to come back to a place or to have a memorable experience is the layering of things in it. We are often told that the aesthetics and the infrastructure, the form of the space is [...]
Trying to Create a Well Loved Place at Boulder Junction
Boulder Junction existing (left) and envisioned (all images courtesy City of Boulder) At a PLAN-Boulder forum on Friday, February 28, three luminaries from the City of Boulder staff described painstaking efforts to create a welcoming place at [...]
Project for Public Spaces | What Makes a Successful Place?
"Great public spaces are where celebrations are held, social and economic exchanges take place, friends run into each other, and cultures mix. They are the “front porches” of our public institutions – libraries, field houses, neighborhood [...]
