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Pittsburgh’s Market Square Opens This Week
Earlier this week, a Grand Re-Opening Ceremony for Pittsburgh’s Market Square kicked off a new, exciting chapter of the city’s downtown history. The ceremony, attended by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and other public officials, marked the culmination...
Can Eye Contact Enhance Road Safety and a Sense of Place?
Is it possible to build community through transportation? Bjarne Winterberg, an architect and urban planner from Copenhagen, has brought road design and the goal of creating places together in ways that may be unmatched by anyone practicing in this...
Is Stockholm in Danger of Losing Its Waterfront?
It’s not easy to make a great urban waterfront and many cities have made numerous mistakes that they regret later. For example, adjacent land uses that are private versus public, the size and location of roads limits pedestrian access to...
7 Great Resources to Turn Your Waterfront Around
Industry still dominates many waterfront cities- but change is coming (Flickr photo by Sweethardt) As PPS gears up to host its Waterfronts Synopsis Conference next month on sustainability and Placemaking in Stavanger, Norway (Sept. 15-17), ...
Discovering Common Ground through History and the Built Environment
Building community around a deep appreciation of shared history creates the momentum for a strong future, a belief that lies at the heart of PPS’ new partnership with the National Trust. Creating a link between history and the physical environment...
Strong Programming and Management Bring Life to Downtown Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota is perhaps best known as the home of the Mayo Clinic, one of the top-rated hospitals in the U.S. that employs nearly 33,000 people and attracts over one million visitors annually to the downtown. As part of a larger effort...
A Community Approach to Transit-Oriented Development in the New York Region
Over the last several months, PPS, Reconnecting America and the Regional Plan Association have been working with communities along the Interstate 287 corridor to leverage their transportation investments in correlation with the construction of a new...
Placemaking on America’s Historic Main Streets
In honor of our new partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, PPS is revisiting a body of project work impacting historic places. Last week we looked at historic train stations and public markets; today we’ll examine...
Livability to Become Requirement in Federal Transportation Policy
Transit can have a broad impact on community livability, like this bus stop in Los Angeles, which catalyzed nearby development after simple improvements were made For years, large-scale transit projects submitted for funding in the United...
Drake Garden Helps Chicagoans Get Their Hands Dirty
aa Volunteers get to work at Drake Garden. For over a decade, Drake Garden has been giving Chicago residents the opportunity to get their hands dirty and get to know their neighbors. Located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, the...
Placemaking at Harvard Yard: Enhancing the Humanities with Human Activity
Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office The memorable experiences of one's education most often take place in the most comfortable and socially engaging places on a campus. Campus planning has often been neglectful of allowing for and creating such places...
GREAT PUBLIC SPACES: Central Market Hall (Budapest, Hungary)
What: A gorgeous covered market that dates to the turn of the 20th century and is a focal point for city life. Why it Works: The spectacular building has been lovingly renovated and sits in all its glory just steps from the Danube on the Pest side...
