PlaceMaking Archive If only this were real…: Now this is a true piazza in design and proportion, just the More + What happens when places are designed for people?: You get places like this. The scene seems so natural, but it’s More + Why are we great at designing software, not so much cities?: In this edgy ChangeThis manifesto, Made In USA, the Paul Graham, the More + Placemaking from an artful perspective: What would a city look like from an arts point of view? More + How do you create a great outdoor place?: Think about what makes a great indoor destination – a memorable, well-defined More + Harvard Square: Great place-making, but the creatives are long-gone: Harvard Square is a visual wonder – the streets are alive with More + Why are communities so ill-designed? Credentialing vs. Educating: Why don’t we design and build places like this anymore? Listen up, More + Upper Rock District Plan #2: Here’s the other master plan proposal for the Upper Rock District. While More + Upper Rock District Plan #1: The newly planned Upper Rock District, covered in the blog this week, More + Designing an entrepreneurial village in a week: Welcome to the cool way to plan a town – the charrette More + “I’ll have one of those”: This is a common response by real estate developers today who see More + Creating places for informal learning: As highlighted in yesterday’s blog, informal learning is crucial for productivity and More + What is New Urbanism?: Building a great community is much, much more than just the buildings, More + Lighting up the night: Other than the exquisite architecture of Siena, Italy, one subconscious reason why More + The ‘postcard test: Surely this scene passes what the former mayor of Milwaukee, John Norquist More + The art of placemaking: So what is placemaking? Here is ‘place’ defined: Any portion of space More + A city as a living painting: I can’t think of any other city where the notion of “living More + The Block, the Street and the Building: Today the blog focuses on the last of three key components of More + The Charter: The Neighborhood: Today the blog focuses on the second of three key components of More + The Charter: The Region: Today the blog focuses on the first of three key components of More + The Charter of the New Urbanism: The Charter for the New Urbanism is essentially an executive summary followed More + What does Smart Growth have to do with job growth?: A lot! Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know it by reading the mainstream press. More + Designing the Gen X urban village: Affordability: Design smaller-sized 4-6 story unfinished loft-style units (like these here by More + A meeting of 1200 urbanists: 1200 urbanists met five blocks from my home at the annual Congress More + The CoolTown water test: Take one city model, pour water over it, tilt slightly. How much More + What makes Dubrovnik’s urban fabric cool?: Looking at the plan of the town above, you’ll notice that all More + From basketball courts to medieval cities: The Department of Labor released a study stating that 70% of what More + Cool town on the surface…: One of the country’s leading institutional investment groups, Federal Realty came upon More + 123