Creating the Streets We Want Rich street life is no frill. It is an expression of the most ancient function of a city—a place for people to come together, all kinds of people, face-to-face. — William "Holly" Whyte
To Revive Social Connection and Local Economies, Turn Places "Inside Out" Thresholds where storefronts and buildings connect with the sidewalk —is the place to reunite communities and jump-start local economies after these long, hard months.
Social Life and COVID-19 10 Ways to Re-Open Our Communities While Keeping Everyone Safe How do we “tip-toe” our way back to a flourishing social life, capitalizing on local knowledge to make sensible choices about how to reopen our communities by involving local people in the decisions.
Munich Please just a nice place to sit — Victual Market, Munich, Germany A creative approach to seating makes this one of the world's great social places
A Great European Waterfront Few People Know About Otranto— a town of 6000 on the Adriatic Sea—features harborside streets alive with walkers
Brooklyn Greetings from Brooklyn and New York—an Epicenter of the Coronavirus Pandemic We need both physical distancing and social connection
Brooklyn Three Iconic Waterfronts—Two of World's Best, and One that Needs a Bigger Vision to Get There What Brooklyn (and everywhere else) can learn from Paris and Porto, Portugal
Paris New York vs. Paris—Which is on the Right Track? Neighborhood life in two great cities that are going opposite directions
Transformative Ideas 9 Ways to Reinvigorate Towns & Cities Everywhere Saving the planet depends on reclaiming our communities—a Social Life Project update
Paris Paris (The City of “Life” and “Light”) is the World Capital of Affection, Comfort & Joy When you see people openly expressing their feelings in public—you know you’re in a safe and appealing place
Streets Starting at the Corner: A New Haven Success Story Reviving a hard-hit neighborhood one block at a time
Transformative Ideas Our Global Catastrophes will be Solved by Local Communities How placemaking can save the world
Paris The Little Bollard That Could—Do a Lot A simple tool that can make any city more walkable and pleasurable
Waterfronts Is Vancouver Losing Its Soul? A wrong turn in the city that once showed us how to do things right
