In reverse chronological order:
THE SAD SAGA OF THE GARBAGE CAN AND 311 – And 311 Garbage In – Garbage Out
AN EXCELLENT POINT: JOY IN PITTSBURGH
CLEVELAND, CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF MAGIC*
A Thoughtful Review of “Learning from Bryant Park”
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? What’s next for downtown management?
City Journal reviews “Learning from Bryant Park” by Nicole Gelinas
CityLaw Review of “Learning from Bryant Park” by Professor Ross Sandler
Winter Is Coming—Capitalize on It – Features | Planetizen
LFBP cited in the Times! Thank you Michael Kimmelman!
Downtowns and Public Spaces: What Works in Revitalizing Them?
Why Is This So Difficult? Why are there so few successful placemaking projects?
“Is E.D. Really a Problem” There is nothing to feel guilty about doing placemaking and economic development.
ROCKIN’ THE CANADIAN ROCKIES A visit to Calgary.
CHANGES ALONG THE MOHAWK Utica is a place with incredible potential.
The Excitement Mounts. You Can PreOrder Now!
“Who Cleans the Park?: Public Work and Urban Governance in New York City”
A Memo from Brooklyn to Queens: Re: Amazon, HQ2
Landing in Flyover Country A review of Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America By: James and Deborah Fallows
THE RIGHT STUFF: SARATOGA SPRINGS
PPS WELCOMES NEW CEO, PHILIP MYRICK
What’s The Matter With Nebraska?
Book Project: What Works: Placemaking in Bryant Park. Revitalizing Cities, Towns and Public Space
The Success of “Broken Windows” Rightly Understood A review of Patrick Sharkey’s “Uneasy Peace”
What’s Planning Got to Do With It? — The Regional Plan Association Fourth Regional Plan
The Real Story of Sleepy Hollow
William H. (“Holly”) Whyte Resource Page
Island Magic — Hudson River Park
Why Cleveland should become “Amazon City!”
Sharon Springs, New York – A Great Place: A Long Hard Pull
The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is … What Exactly? — Managing psychological cues to make make public spaces seem safe.
Delivering Compassion to the Homeless — What downtown managers can do to provide services to the homeless.
Housing Market Myths and Truths — Basic economics and housing policy.
The Triumph of The Creative Class — A review of Richard Florida’s “The New Urban Crisis” and why there isn’t one.
EATING ON THE PAVEMENT — The value of cramming outdoor cafe’s in even the smallest spaces
The Fountains of Andalusia — The wonderful impact of moving water on public spaces
Putting Out in Public Space — Customer service in public space management
Real Community Leadership — A remembrance of Bill Briggs, founder of Youth & Tennis
He Happens to Like New York* — A review of Justin Davidson’s “The Magnetic City”
People Like/Love Grass — The importance of turf in making great public spaces
Buying the Dogs — The case for NFPs purchasing distressed property as an economic development tool
Jamaica Update – Not According to Plan — Evidence of the power of placemaking as an economic development tool
Improving Suburban Downtowns — Ideas for revitalizing downtown Larchmont
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE… — Changes in New York City BIDs over the last two decades, BIDs and the politics of homelessness and dealing with bad publicity
What Works — How economic development happens through placemaking
Building Blank Walls — The impact of architecture on public spaces
Engaging the “Deplorables” — The potential for placemaking in rural settings and small cities.
Bass Ackwards — The plans for LA’s Pershing Square
When the Signs Suck — The problems presented by bad retail presentation
The Impossible Takes a Little While — Billie Holiday* — The time it takes to make placemaking work
Vending: The Platonic Form — A model plan for street vending
Selling on the Sidewalk — The issues raised by vending in public spaces
The Solstice, Christmas, York and Place — Year-end thoughts about places
Advent, Le Chemin de St. Jacques, Ste. Foy, Conques and the Essentialness of Place — Why place matters
The Fog of Creative Placemaking — What is creative placemaking?
Pissing On Sidewalks — Why surface treatments aren’t that important
Going Beyond Safe and Clean — Rethinking BID service delivery programs.
Make American Downtowns Great Again What makes a main street great?
Race, Class, Equality and Public Space — Dealing with antisocial behavior in public spaces
In Defense of BIDs — Responding to tired old issues raised in Crains’
Say It With Flowers — The power of horticultural programs in downtown revitalization
MAKE NO GRAND PLANS — Why small improvements are more effective than large plans
TAKING SUBURBIA SERIOUSLY — A review of Joel Kotkin’s latest book
Gentrification and its Discontents — Why “gentrification” isn’t a problem
Snowed by Buffalo — A report on a visit to Buffalo
Changes In Jamaica — An update on the revitalization of Jamaica, Queens
More Bryant Park Midcourse Corrections — More changes made to Bryant Park programming
Learning from the Mistakes of Bryant Park — What we learned and how we changed the programming in Bryant Park
Photos from Cleveland’s Public Square — Photos of the new design
When will we ever learn? — Cleveland’s most important public spaces gets a lousy makeover.