5/26/2023 0 Comments Who wrote utopia![]() ![]() Less isolated folks are healthier, safer, happier, and more successful. ![]() True placemaking is also, at its core, about supporting social infrastructure that facilitates connections between people - places where we can talk with each other and enjoy being together, even when we don’t yet know each other. The home in the foreground includes a gallery, and the house behind it is another affordable artist home for a family of five. These places should be flexible, adaptable, and designed for visitors to shape their own experiences.Ī gathering in front of a home for visiting artists in Big Car Collaborative's affordable artist community in the Garfield Park neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana. And better places are welcoming, inclusive, accessible, comfortable, and respectful ones for all who’d like to be there. The very important next questions are often, “ Who are these places made for? And how are they better?” In true placemaking, the places are for everyone. People working in this field often get the same question: What, really, is placemaking? A good answer, in my view, comes from considering the “short-term action for long-term change” of tactical urbanism and the “ lighter, quicker, cheaper” strategy Project for Public Spaces has long advocated for in making places better for people. is your last chance to register to attend in-person. Editor's Note: Jim Walker is a co-founder of Big Car Collaborative, an Indianapolis-based art and design nonprofit and a co-presenter of our upcoming Walk/Bike/Places conference June 15-18, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and online. ![]()
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