Streets as Places, Before & After
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
Urb-i was founded initially by four urban designers. Dealing with urban projects, creating new quality public space was imperative to our projects, however we felt that we could not influence or change existing public spaces, which were relatively easy to transform into better spaces for people and not only car oriented. That is when we decided to create Urb-i.
Black Lives and the (Broken) Promise of Public Space
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
The promise of our public spaces is the assurance that we can live well together, creating places that we can all enjoy and call our own.
Can Retail Space be an Extension of the Public Realm? A Look at Seattle’s Third Place Books
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
For sociologist Ray Oldenburg, each of us needs three places: the home, the workplace or school, and beyond that, a third place – a public space on neutral ground where people can gather and interact while experiencing a sense of ease and belonging.
Reflecting on Today’s Market Trends: A Report from Barcelona
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
Is today’s public market a place to buy food, to sit and eat a meal, or to have a unique educational or culinary experience? Can it be all of these things?
Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
Streets are our most fundamental shared public spaces, but they are also one of the most contested and overlooked.
Placemaking and Place-Led Development: A New Paradigm for Cities of the Future
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
What's the difference between "public space" and "place"?
The Trouble with Modernization: Lessons for Endangered Markets Everywhere
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
Despite their many benefits, public markets, particularly in the context of developing countries, can be endangered by many forces – and often by a combination of forces.
Placemaking Main Street into a Destination Downtown
By Staff, PPS, Project for Public Spaces
The traditional Main Street is one of the most iconic images of America.