"Placemaking is about more than #publicspace—it’s about people, culture, & connection."

🏙 Let’s Talk About Placemaking, from the Canadian Urban Institute shows how #Placemaking is shaping vibrant, inclusive Canadian #cities: placemakingcommunity.ca/lets-talk-ab...

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Let’s Talk About #Placemaking: Scaling Impact, Building Community — #CityTalk | Live by @canurb.bsky.social @maryrowe.bsky.social with @bridgetannmac.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social.

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Congestion Pricing Reduced Traffic. Now It’s Hitting Revenue Goals. Revenue figures from the Manhattan tolling plan showed that the program is on track to raise billions for mass transit repairs.

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Watery Landscapes Set the Stage for Lachlan Turczan's Ephemeral Light Installations In the ephemeral installations of Lachlan Turczan, natural and perceptual phenomena combine in otherworldly light installations.

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New NYC Subway Murals Challenge the Authority of Maps At 68th Street–Hunter College station, a new trio of mosaics by professor Lisa Corinne Davis is a dizzying exploration of the art of cartography.

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Inside the Rise and Fall of Hester Street In August 2024, New York City's community development luminary Hester Street announced that it was sunsetting after more than two decades. What went wrong?

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Pulitzer Prize winning rapper, Kendrick Lamar, made one of the most powerful placemaking statements in response to this political moment & almost zero response from urbanists? There are so many rich & relevant convos (& expressions) beyond conventional urbanism required to meet this fraught moment.

Art: Images of London Underground's innovative art installations The best Tube art, from giant eggs to kinetic sculpture, as the project celebrates 25 years.

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Bridget MacIntosh on LinkedIn: Public Art | City of Pickering Thanks, Stoyan Barakov and the City of Pickering's Public Art team for the opportunity to serve on the City’s Public Art Jury. The Public Art Jury is…

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Meet Audiences Where They Are The challenge of declining attendance also presents an opportunity for theatres to diversify and expand their reach and impact.

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Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free.

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SF Ranked Among Most “Arts-Vibrant” US Cities The SMU DataArts ranking looks at metrics including government funding for the arts and revenue of nonprofit arts organizations.

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How U.S. cities are innovating in public space Snapshots from 10 civic commons efforts across the country

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The arts are facing a real-estate crisis. Here are four ways artists are trying to fix it Facing the same rising real estate costs as all Canadians, artists and arts organizations across Canada are struggling to hold on to performance, rehearsal and studio spaces

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RIP David Lynch (credit: Obscure Simpsons Characters)

Adaptive reuse breathes new life into abandoned schools Repurposed school buildings are home to a variety of groups, including artisans, local governments and restaurants. But funding and getting public buy-in for these projects isn’t always easy.

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Raleigh Seeks Community Input for "Leaf Out" Initiative to Nurture Urban Forest and Green Spaces Raleigh launches "Leaf Out" project, encouraging public input on expanding the city's tree canopy and green spaces.

#Raleigh Seeks Community Input for "Leaf Out" Initiative to Nurture Urban Forest and Green Spaces

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Imagining the 'next big thing' in arts and culture in downtown Chicago A group of civic, business and community leaders — Team Culture — say they want to bring the arts to the city in new and unexpected ways.

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The 11 Principles Of Placemaking from the book How To Turn a Place Around (which we wrote while at @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social) that launched the global #placemaking movement.

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Creative voices, activist voices: Stories of creative communities - Arts Professional To what extent can finding a creative voice unlock your wider civic activist voice? Dr Katy Pilcher and Fun Palaces' Amie Taylor have been investigating the question. and here they share their finding...

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Theatre Calgary’s Maya Choldin to head up New York Theatre Workshop Choldin is looking forward to what’s ahead – particularly the opportunity to focus her efforts on the production of new work

Scoop in @theglobeandmail.com this morning: Maya Choldin is departing @theatrecalgary.bsky.social for an exciting new role at New York Theatre Workshop.

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What "work" does an arts experience do? "Jobs to be done" shifts focus from who might buy a ticket to what they want that ticket to buy.

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Huge abandoned Toronto power plant to be transformed into exciting new destination A sprawling Toronto power plant that has been out of commission and in varying states of decay for over 40 years could soon finally get a new lease o…

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The Rising Influence of Public Art in Contemporary Culture - The Art Insider Public art, often seen in the form of murals, sculptures, and installations in public spaces, has long played a vital role in human culture. It serves as a bridge between art and everyday life, offeri...

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Opinion: NYC Create in Place & Safeguarding Our Creative Capital "If the city is to remain a global leader in arts and culture, it must rethink its approach to helping cultural organizations and creative businesses thrive."

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London Underground: New works will mark 25 years of art project Tube stations will get new works by contemporary artists as part of Art on the Underground project.

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Streetscape plan helps revive historic downtown Built around a 150-year-old railroad depot, Greer suffered from motor-vehicle-age changes; a streetscape project has made downtown a destination.

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The Bronx Gets Its First Independently-Owned Cultural Venue In Five Decades South Bronx’s musical legacy was nearly lost in the flames. A mixed-use development with affordable housing and the new Bronx Music Hall is ensuring it lives on.

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What's Your Biggest Hope for the Event Industry in 2025? Industry experts weighed in on what they hope to see in the event industry in 2025, from technological advancements to deeper human connections.

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