Mexico City's Huerto Roma Verde - the Ultimate Gathering Place
A combination square, market, and event space, Huerto Roma Verde in Mexico City is built and managed by members of the community and is a perfect example of Placemaking.
Great Public Spaces55
There is nothing like the thrill that one gets when they go to a great place again and again. Great places are addictive dwell in your memory, often emerging to cheer you up and give you incentive to go back or just explore in your mind the pleasures you had or what you might have missed. They can be in your community/neighborhood at a corner cafe, a special store or park. Often they are right in front of our noses if we will just look.
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Pike Place Market: The "Soul of Seattle"
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How Placemaking Can Take Conservation and Historic Preservation to the Next Level: The Case of Woodstock, Vermont
Through the combination of conservation, preservation, and Placemaking, historic small towns like Woodstock, Vermont can be revitalized.
Reconnecting Central Park and Midtown Manhattan
Congestion pricing offers an opportunity to reconnect Midtown to Central Park, currently divided by a wall of traffic and terrible intersections.
Corners That Connect People and Places: Eight Cities Where Street Corners Create Social Life
Corners, by definition, connect people. These 8 cities have created some of the most vibrant, interesting corners in the world that make the most of this important role.
Squares are the Hearts of Communities, Markets Their Soul: How Cities Put Them Together and Thrive
Exploring the powerful, mutually beneficial connection between market and square in cities around the world