PPS Pittsburgh Presentation

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33 years of Placemaking

48 U.S. States

28 Countries 2000 Communities

3 Million annual visitors to our websites


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Downtowns

Civic Centers

Campuses

Transportation

Mixed-Use

New Development

Squares

Public Markets

Parks

Project Areas


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Building Community through Transportation, Community Anchors, Public

Markets & Local Communities, Great Places, Great Cities

Initiatives


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Education& Training

Research& Outreach

Planning& Design

Over 2000 place-basedprojects in 28 countries

Public Space Audits Community Visioning

Conceptual Designs

Management

Programs

Train over 10,000people annually

Context SensitiveSolutions

Public Markets as

Economic Development

How to Turn a PlaceAround seminars

Conferences

20 publications 6 videos

Database of 500,000

images of public

spaces

Over 60,000 pageviews daily on pps.org


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When you focus on a place,

you do everything differently.


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What is Placemaking?

Placemaking is a dynamic human function:

it is an act of liberation, of staking claim,and of beautification; it is true human

empowerment.

Placemaking is turning a neighborhood,

town or city from a place you cant wait to

get through to one you never want toleave.


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It is difficult to create a space that will not attract

people; what is remarkable is how often this has been

accomplished. William H. Whyte

Contrasting 1


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Its hard for people to realize that place is more

important than design. Fred Kent


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What attracts people most it would appear,

is other people. William H. Whyte

K A ib


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What Makes a Great Place?

sociability uses & activities

access & linkages comfort & image

Welcoming

evening use

volunteerism

street life

transit usage

parking usage patterns

pedestrian activity

Walkable

Convenient

Accessible

Charm Clean

Attractive

Historic

Safe

building conditions

environmental data

sanitation rating

crime stats

CooperativeNeighborly

property values

land-use patterns

retail sales

business ownership

Special Real

Fun

Active Vital

Connected

Key Attributes

Intangibles

Measurements

PLACE


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Return of the Civic Square - Detroit


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1. The community is the expert

2. You are creating a place not just a design

3. You cant do it alone

4. They always say it cant be done

5. You can see a lot just by observing

6. Develop a vision

7. Form supports function

8. Triangulate

9. Start with the petunias

10. Money is not the issue

11. You are never finished

Principles of Creating

Great Public Spaces

Translating IdeasInto Action

Implementation

Underlying Ideas

Planning & Outreach

Techniques


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Fosters Meaningful

Interaction

Improves Safetyand Security

Nurtures a Sense of

Community

Draws a Diverse

Population

Builds LocalEconomies

Enhances

Accessibility

for All

The Benefits of Place

PLACE


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Bus stops

Train Stations

Main Streets Local streets and roads

Parks (greenways, recreation, play areas)

Plazas & squares (performances, events) Markets

Waterfronts

Libraries and hospitals Civic buildings

Schools (universities, primary schools)

Religious institutions Cultural institutions (theaters, museums)

Mixed-use housin retail and office

Local Placemaking Opportunities

Civic Institutions

Private development

Parks & Squares

Transportation &

Downtowns


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Why dont we have

better Centers, Streets orPublic Spaces today?

Fear Narrow Development

Goals

Project-driven vs. Place-driven Planning

Discipline-Based

Planning/Design vs.Community-Based

Placemaking

Governmental Structure


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Project/Discipline

Driven Approach Empowers Communities Attracts partners, money

& creative solutions

Professionals become

resources

Design supports uses Solutions are flexible

Engagement and

commitment grow

Place/Com

munityDriv

enApproac


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The Power of Ten

Layering of uses tocreate synergy

(Triangulation)

City/Town

Districts/Destinations

Place

10+ major destinations/

districts

10+ places

10+ things to do


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When you design your community

around carsyou get more cars.


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The erosion of cities by

automobiles proceeds as akind of nibbling. Small

nibbles at first but eventually

hefty bites. A street is

widened here, another is

straightened there, a wide

avenue is converted to one

way flow and more land goes

into parking. No one step inthis process is in itself crucial

but cumulatively the effect

is enormous.

Jane Jacobs, 1954


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A study of three generations of 9 year olds

found that by 1990, the radius around thehome that children were allowed to play had

sunken to a ninth of what it had been in 1970.

Richard Louv


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N Y k Ci S R i


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New York City Street Renaissance

B k S


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Donald Appleyard, UC Berkeley Professor of Urban

Design, quantified the impact of traffic on social ties.

HEAVY TRAFFIC

16,000 vehicles per day

MEDIUM TRAFFIC8,000 vehicles per day

LIGHT TRAFFIC2,000 vehicles per day

0.9 friends per person3.1 acquaintances per person

1.3 friends per person4.1 acquaintances per person

3 friends per person6.3 acquaintances per person

Broken Streets

B k S


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Broken Streets

I keep mywindows shut

I spend more timein the back of myhouse

I forbid mychildren to playin the streets

I go out on thestreet less often

LIGHT TRAFFIC STREET

MEDIUM TRAFFIC STREET

HEAVY TRAFFIC STREET

New Yorkers deal with traffic in the followingways:

7.7%

26.0%

52.2%

56.5%

18.5%

5.1%

7.4%

21.7%

0.0%2.6%

7.4%

43.5%


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The Truth About Traffic

Driving is a choice,not a necessity90% of auto commuters have an existingtransit alternative

30-60% of cars entering Manhattanbelow 59th Street are going through the districtand have no economic purpose

69% of all trips below 59th Street inManhattan are on foot

Th T h Ab T ffi


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The Truth About Traffic

Cars Can DisappearWest Side Highway collapse in 1973 110,000 cars daily before collapse

50,000 cars daily after redesign as urban boulevard


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Lt. Petrosino Square - Before


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Lt. Petrosino Square - After


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A funnel for downtown traffic...Finn Square - Before


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...can be a defining space for Tribeca.Finn Square - After


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New Yorks most successful neighborhoods

Spring Street - Before


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can better serve the pedestrians that bring their success.

Spring Street - After


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Kenmare Square - Before

An unused square and roadway


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Thinking Beyond the Station


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The Placemaking

Process aroundTransit


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Before After


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SanBruno,

CA


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Be

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nt,CA

Roadways adjacent to transit facilities are6


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pedestrian-friendly boulevards.6


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Community & Economic Developmentthrough Greenways & Public Spaces

An Initiative of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund & Balkan Community Initiatives

Fund & the USAID / Community Revitalization through Democratic Action

With the Balkan Communities Initiative Fund (Serbia)

A Placemaking Program for Serbia and Montenegro


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Placemaking / Greenways

workshop

May 22, 2004, enej

More than 70 participants

Farmers

Decision makers

Tourist agencies

NGOs

Media City planners

March 25 2005


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They link:

-Salas-Protected

cultural heritage

-Protected

natural wealth-Hunters Lodge

-Small airport

-Hop-field

Marking possible

destinationsalong the bicycle

paths in enej

March, 25 2005


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VIA PACIS

PANNONIAE


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Evaluating the center ofenej


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PPS InitiativeCommunity Anchors

A Tale of Two Libraries


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A Tale of Two Libraries


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Bryant Park Winter Program


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Theatres/

Museums

Transit

HospitalCoffee

Shop

Library

Schools

Parks

Civic Institutions Today

Community

Center

City Hall


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Parks

City Hall CommunityCenter

Theatres/

MuseumsTransit

Hospital

Coffee

Shop

Library

Schools

Civic Spaces,

Community GatheringSpaces/Markets

Civic Institutions of the Future

PPS Initiative


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PPS Initiative

Great Places, Great Cities

Power of 10

What are the 10 major destinations of Pittsburgh? What are the 10 major places of downtown?

What 10 things can you do in each of these places?

Partnerships to Revitalize Multiple SpacesIntegrate Placemaking into city policies and processes

Inform changes in federal and state policies and

funding, especially transportation policies

It has to be a Campaign


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It has to be a Campaign

Develop

a vision

Become greatcommunicators

Search for

impediments

Organize a

strong team

Attack

Complacency

Produce

short term

wins

Take onbigger

challenges

Connect change

to the culture

of the

community

People Who Make Dramatic Change By John Kotter


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