Last Tuesday, Spacing.ca visited Vancouver to launch their first national issue which includes a top 100 list of public spaces in Canada.
Category: Placemaking
Vancouver Icons: The Buzzer
The Buzzer is the oldest continuously-printed transit publication in the world.
A Place in Mind [Weekend Watch]
A Place in Mind is the result of Dr. Avi Friedman’s worldwide search for places where people congregate and feel comfortable.
Tagging Vancouver’s ‘Hoods
Tag Your Hood invites the public to design the most representative emblem for each of Vancouver’s 26 neighbourhoods.
My TEDxScottsdale Talk: Cities are People (Video)
A video of my TEDxScottsdale presentation, ‘Cities ARE People’ where I talked about my journey through the ‘urban desert’ of Phoenix, AZ.
Best of Yurbanism: Placemaking
Five of my most popular posts on placemaking.
Downtown Phoenix: What the Dreamr’s are Saying
To promote their 20th anniversary, the Downtown Phoenix Partnership sponsored a video showcasing residents’ visions for the next 20 years.
Friday 5: Articles for Urbanists [Jan 29th-Feb 4th]
This week’s list looks at how small scale and informal changes can have large and lasting effects in our cities.
Chris Brogan on Placemaking
Places—YOUR places—are best defined by experiences and people and familiar elements in you city that you want to share with people.
Herb Paine on Phoenix’s Municipal Leadership
This is an excellent commentary that I hope all candidates in Phoenix’s upcoming municipal elections pay close attention to, especially those running for mayor.