Project For Public Spaces

According to Philip Myrick, communities that will fare the best economically are the ones that think locally and employ placemaking strategies.

The Project for Public Spaces has released its list of the five best neighborhoods in North America.

Getting neighbors together for community events does more than prevent crime, according to the Project for Public Spaces.

As public libraries take on more roles in their communities -- including acting as key public spaces -- librarians are adopting "placemaking" into their facility and service planning.

PPS offers striking images of great places (and a few not-so-great) from around the world. [Includes photos.]

Steve Davies argues that public markets are making a comeback and that America's future may be small vendors as much as big boxes.

From Amsterdam, to Brazil, to St. Louis, the Project for Public Spaces adds 10 urban locations to its list of Great Public Places.

The Project For Public Spaces envisions a world where urban areas are pedestrian destinations and neighborhoods are planned with living -- not traffic -- in mind.

Vehicles stage massive park-ins and protests across the nation against aggressive pedestrians.

Project for Public Spaces selects the best spots to live, work, and hang out.

PPS examines the changes needed to begin to view urban elements as interrelated components of a single place.

The Project for Public Spaces asks if architecture critics have forgotten how to judge public spaces.

There's a common perception that Paris is an untouchable ideal, too lofty for other cities to absorb its lessons. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

The Project for Public spaces publishes their list of the most important figures from the placemaking movement.

Transit agencies commercialize their public spaces as a means of generating revenue, often without any public oversight.

The Project for Public Spaces has published a very optimistic monthly newsletter for April 1st.

Wal-Mart abandons mega-stores in favor of locally-owned, downtown shops and embraces sustainable development.

David Burwell offers three principles for for developing rationality and rules in the allocation of public road space.

An unlikely group of partners are helping residents of Silicon Valley, CA see the value in transit-oriented development.

From San Francisco to Vienna, squares are rebounding to become centers of civic life once more.