Placemaking is a process that allows peoples’ creativity to emerge. It can be extraordinarily effective in connecting people to the places where they live. Read more »
This week in sharing looks at reality television in Britain, data collection in Haiti, city streets in North America, and open source in urban schools. Read more »
Demonstrating the scale of what's possible via crowdsourcing, one city in the Netherlands built a city-spanning pedestrian bridge, funded, plank by plank, by the crowd. Read more »
What can we learn from San Francisco's successes and failures in expanding the use of public land for urban agriculture? SPUR has a more than a few suggestions based on extensive research. Read more »
Planners generally view sidewalks as a way for people to get around from one place to another, but sidewalks also serve a vital economic function Read more »
Can a park bench transform the way that people interact in public spaces? Danish artist Jeppe Hein says yes. His modified social benches are conversation starters and people magnets. Read more »
Sharing continues to make major inroads into the mainstream. Huge leaps forward came in 2012 with so much more ahead this year. Check out the latest. Read more »
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