Places in the News: December 1, 2008
The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: Wisconsin farmers highlight the benefits of shopping locally… in case you weren’t sure. [Chicago Tribune] The town of Hurlingham and Fulham...
View ArticleThe Role of Public Art in the Suburbs
In her article entitled “From Cow Town to Our Town,” published in the December issue of The Public Art Review, Cynthia Nikitin, PPS’s Vice President and Director of the Civic Centers Program, describes...
View ArticlePlaces in the News: December 29, 2008
The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: Murrieta, CA gets a new farmers market just as demand for one is increasing. [The Press Enterprise] South Dakota is offering grants for...
View ArticlePlaces in The News: January 5, 2009
The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: StreetsBlog’s best of 2008, featuring Hans Monderman. [StreetsBlog] Study finds housing is the key to job growth. [The Boston Globe] Idaho...
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Outlook for Public art is Bright, Despite the Times
One of Olafur Eliasson's "Waterfalls" underneath the Brooklyn Bridge The state of public art projects may actually be quite good, even faced with adversity in trying times like these. American Artist...
View ArticlePlaces in the News: February 2, 2009
The latest in urban planning, placemaking and citizen action: New: A short movie from On The Commons. [The Nation] The Trust for Public Land’s Park Equity and Public Health Toolkit. [TPL] “Streetsblog...
View ArticleMAS Public Art Discussion and Book Signing
The Municipal Arts Society offers a public event on the merits of public art on Thursday, April 16, 6:30 p.m. City of Art: New York’s Hidden Treasures Revealed, In an era of high museum admission...
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Your City is a Cultural Center: A Review of the ‘Spacing Out’ Forum
“Place matters, and the first place is your body. We are whole people. We bring that whole-ness to our communities.” –Maria Bauman, leading a “Physio-Expresso” exercise / Photo: @keith5chweitzer via...
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NY ♥’s Love TV: How a Positive Pop-Up Transformed the City’s Public Spaces
Aphrodite interviews a New Yorker on Love TV in front of the city's iconic Flatiron Building / Photo: Love TV Love was recently high in the air at PPS, as we were regaled with tales of a heartfelt...
View ArticleTony Goldman (1943-2012): Remembering the Michelangelo of Creative Placemaking
Last week the world lost an amazing man. Tony Goldman towered above others not just with his ideas, but how he implemented them. In a world edging toward excellence, he led the pack. Tony was the...
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For Great Public Art, Bring in the Public
A dance troupe performs in the Andrew Freedman Home during No Longer Empty's "This Side of Paradise" / Photo: NLE Since ceasing operations as a grand retirement home in the 1980s, the Andrew Freedman...
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Best of the Blog: Top 12 PPS Posts of 2012
2012 was a big year in general here at PPS—and the same was true for the Placemaking Blog! We’ve had a blast communicating with Placemakers around the world through our blog, as well as through...
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Want to Create Family-Friendly Places? Get the Kids at the Table!
Children play on the Museum of Art and History’s rooftop sculpture garden during a Placemaking workshop / Photo: Greg Larson In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake changed the face of downtown Santa Cruz,...
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Citizen Placemaker: Nurse Candice Davenport on How Places Reflect Public Health
Meet Candice! In our Citizen Placemaker series, we chat with amazing and inspiring people from outside the architecture, planning, and government worlds (the more traditional haunts of Placemakers)...
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Making the Journey a Destination: Indianapolis’ Cultural Trail Debuts
“What makes the Cultural Trail unique is that it’s an urban exploration trail, as opposed to an urban escape trail.” / Photo: Indianapolis Cultural Trail Back in 2007, we highlighted the Indianapolis...
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Detroiters Work: The Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Regeneration of a Great...
A young Detroiter participates in the creation of a mural at The Alley Project in Southwest Detroit. / Photo: Erik Howard/The Alley Project It’s hard to miss what’s going on in Detroit right now. The...
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How to Bring Life to Vacant Lots
Demoiselle 2 Femme | Source: Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune Robert Linn of the Southwest Detroit Business Association recently turned to the Placemaking Leadership Council’s LinkedIn group for...
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Busking: Creating a Place one Performer at a Time
The following is a guest article by Vivian Doumpa and Nick Broad, founder of The Busking Project, an advocacy movement that aims to encourage governments worldwide to embrace this form of free public...
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Estonoesunsolar: Finding Opportunity in Emptiness in Zaragoza, Spain
“We must think of the city as a laboratory for citizen-led innovation.” -Patrizia Di Monte, gravalosdimonti arquitectos Located halfway between Barcelona and Madrid, the once-prosperous city of...
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Agenda Spotlight: Creative Placemaking
As part of the City of Asylum Project in Pittsburgh, local musicians parading down a newly-build trail to the river’s edge during the Jazz Poetry Festival. Creative placemaking is an integrative...
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Report Says Arts Nonprofits Generate $134 Billion in Activity
Each year, the U.S. nonprofit arts industry generates $134 billion in economic activity, claims a report issued by national art advocacy group Americans for the Arts. According to the group’s June...
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