Havana's Resilient Social Life - Cuban Public Spaces Over the Years
With improving diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US, the country’s public space and public life, is poised to evolve in new directions, for better and worse.
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Bring Back the Public Square: Historically, public squares served as common ground. Today, we need to reinvent these community anchors to rouse vital public interaction. Squares—which can take the form of parks, markets, even shopping streets or plazas—become sources of civic pride, sites of protest and conversation, and social hubs.
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Time-Honored Places: The Public Square, Part II
Public Spaces as squares are plazas in Spain, Latin America, and sometimes the U.S., piazzas in Italy, platz in German-speaking countries, and simply "square" everywhere in between. In many small towns they have the Village Green. In essence they are the main gathering places for people.
Creating Catalytic Public Squares, Our work, Part I
What great squares have to offer their communities is limitless. The most magical parts about these places are the simple, crucial chance encounters that allow us to have with others.
Kungsträdgården: Stockholm's Square for All
Stockholm's Kungsträdgården has everything one could want in a great square. It is one of the most diverse and important squares in Europe
Driving the Local Food Economy with Social Life: Munich's Victuals Market
The Victuals Market (Viktualienmarkt) in Munich, Germany Central "Market Square" is typical of the historic squares around Europe, showcasing the local commerce, culture and diversity in the center of each city.
Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Gabriel's Wharf, London
Built in 1988, It took 3 months to develop, cost 78,000 pounds and created 60 jobs. It is still thriving today.