Tag: Park(ing) Day

Placemaking vs. Placeshaking

Scott Doyon
Scott Doyon Twitter Instagram Facebook March 3, 2016
A recent post over on Comstock's reignited consideration of the word "placemaking," sparking some of our own thoughts on the matter. Given that we as a firm have officially been "placemakers" (on legal documents and everything!) since 2003, we unsurprisingly have our own thoughts on what this rather ill-defined word... Continue Reading
Category Community Development, Development, Economic Development, Planning and Design, Public Engagement
Tags Park(ing) Day, PlaceMakers, placemaking, Placeshakers, placeshaking, planning, Scott Doyon, Tactical Urbanism, Urban Design
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Great Civic Space: It ain’t the size, it’s what you do with it

Howard Blackson
Howard Blackson Twitter Instagram September 9, 2012
While hanging out in the street last Friday, against my Mother’s better childhood advice, I felt an affirmation of my belief in why we, PlaceMakers, do what we do. A group of us neighborhood advocates, San Diego Urbanist, participated in the annual PARK(ing) Day event by creating a temporary civic space, a Parklet,... Continue Reading
Category Economic Development, Experience, Planning and Design
Tags Howard Blackson, Park(ing) Day, Tactical Urbanism, traffic calming
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