PlaceMaking Archive
Defining a ‘piazza’, and why it’s not a ‘plaza: Why is it even important? The words plaza, place and piazza have
What emerging generations really want: A piazza… 2011: As the 1600+ entries in this blog provide evidence for, emerging generations
Form-based planning ‘OS’ key to knowledge economy: No graph better explains the evolution of the economy and placemaking better
Car-free community proposed in South Carolina: If you’re passionate about walking, biking and living outside of the city,
SF’s ‘parklets’ trade parking for people: If all continues to go well, San Francisco’s business and resident groups
Placemaking primer for crowdsourcing places: If you’re going to crowdsource places for creatives, it’s pretty clear you
Geneva’s pedestrian historic district: Geneva, Switzerland, central to United Nations relations (ie known as the ‘Peace
Sense of community rises in down economy: It’s a fairly common phenomenon, when things are bad, people seek camaraderie.
A piazza in Philadelphia!: Real estate developer Bart Blatstein definitely has Rome on the brain. While