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.
The city's and state's vision planning process for the Brooklyn Maritime District presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reconnect our historic Brooklyn neighborhoods to the waterfront and create a significant community destination.
Double-loading is the way to revitalize sidewalks so they can become safe, comfortable, and pleasant places where people love to spend time.
Dining sheds are an important component of vibrant public life and NYC, as well as cities all around the world, would greatly benefit from having them.
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.
Host of the first International Public Markets Conference, Pike Place Market is one of those special places that stays in your memory and that you love to keep coming back to because there's so much to explore.
Through the combination of conservation, preservation, and Placemaking, historic small towns like Woodstock, Vermont can be revitalized.
