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Transcript of Making Great Places
What Makes a Great Public Space?
Presented by Cynthia Nikitin R Squared: Risk and Reward Conference
Senior Vice President, PPS Telluride, CO September 11, 2012
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37 Years of Placemaking
Downtowns
Civic Centers
Neighborhoods
Campuses
Streets and Roads
Mixed-Use Centers
Squares
Public Markets
Parks
We shape our public spaces; thereafter our public spaces shape us. –PPS, adapted from Winston Churchill
“It’s difficult to create a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.” - William H. Whyte
“What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.” ─William H. Whyte
It’s often difficult for people to understand that
place is more important
than design. ─ PPS
Why don’t we have better
Public Spaces today?
• Fear
• Narrow Development
Goals
• Project-driven vs. Place-
driven Planning
• Discipline-Based
Planning/Design vs.
Community-Based
Placemaking
• Government Structure
Get from
Inadequate
back to
Extraordinary
We Have to Turn
Everything Upside
Down - To Get it
Right Side Up
To
What Makes a Great Place?
PROJECT FOR
PUBLIC SPACES
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
Cooperative
Neighborly
property values
land-use patterns
retail sales
business ownership
Special Real
Fun
Active Vital
Connected
Key Attributes
Intangibles
Measurements
PLACE
A TALE OF TWO LIBRARIES
City Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
Qualities of a Great Public Space
• Attractions & Destinations
• Identity & Image
• Flexibility in Design
• Amenities
• Transparency
• Active Edges
• Triangulation
• Seasonal Strategy
• Mix of Uses
• Reach out like and Octopus
• Diverse Funding Base
• Management
Attractions & Destinations
Image & Identity
Accessible
Flexible Design
Amenities
Active Edges
Transparency
Triangulation
Seasonal Strategies
Mix of Uses
The best way to handle the issue of undesirables is to make a place
attractive to everyone else. –William H. Whyte
Reach out like an Octopus
Diverse Funding Base
•Public support
•Private sponsorship
•Broad partnerships
Security --
City Funding
23%
Facility -
Parks
Department
6%
Event Rentals
18%
Tenant
Leases
24%
In Kind
Donations
17%
Event
Sponsorships
12%
Creating Great Civic Spaces
Management: Central to the Solution
1. The community is the expert
2. You are creating a place not just a design
3. You can’t do it alone
4. They always say it can’t 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
Tools and Techniques for Creating
Great Public Spaces
Translating Ideas
Into Action
Implementation
Underlying Ideas
Planning & Outreach
Techniques
Start by looking at how
spaces are really working
Identify problem areas
Brainstorm solutions
5. You can see a lot just by observing
Children’s Workshop
Creating a vision through art
BRAC
West Farms Square
Pedestrian Surveys
Community Destination and Transit Route Mapping
Place Imagination Exercise
BRAC West Farms Square Time Lapse Photography
BRAC West Farms Square Time Lapse Photography
BRAC West Farms Square Rendering
6. Develop a vision
Be ambitious and
create long term goals.
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Stakeholder Interviewees:
Library Staff
City/County Planning
Arts, Cultural and Community Organizations
City/County Elected Officials
Friends of the Library and Genealogy Society
WGCU
Transportation
Property and Business Owners
FMRA
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Concept 2
CREATING A GREAT URBAN LIBRARY
IN DOWNTOWN FT. MYERS PROJECT
FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Theatres/
Museums
Transit
Hospital Coffee
Shops
Libraries
Schools
Parks
Community
Center
City Hall
Churches Offices
Communities Today
City Hall Community
Centers
Theatres/
Museums
Transit Hospitals
Coffee
Shops
Libraries
Schools
Civic Squares
Community Gathering
Spaces/Parks
Churches
Offices
Communities
of the Future
It has to be a Campaign
Develop
a vision
Become great
communicators
Search for
impediments
Organize a
strong team
Attack
Complacency
Produce
short term
wins
Take on
bigger
challenges
Connect change
to the culture
of the
community
People Who Make Dramatic Change By John Kotter
Five Placemaking
Strategies for the Library of the future
1. Conceive of and program libraries as public
spaces
2. Programmatic diversification vs. capital intensive
efforts
3. Facilitate partnerships with community
organizations, civic institutions, & the private sector
4. Leverage other public sector resources
5. Undertake cooperative resource planning
"Place Game" Evaluation Process
Break into teams and assign a leader
Go out to assigned public-space sites and use the Place Game form to evaluate, observe, and interview
Return here at the appointed time to discuss your findings with your team
Create a mini-presentation to report back to all workshop participants
• Convenient
• Walkable
• Continuity
• Proximity
• Connected
• Enticing
Access & Linkages
Uses & Activities
• Fun/Vital
• Active
• Indigenous
• Sustainable
• Affordable
Red Hook, Brooklyn
• Attractive
• Inviting
• Usable
• Historic
• “Green”
• Friendly
Comfort & Image
• Welcoming
• Interactive
• Neighborliness
• Pride
• Diversity
• Stewardship
Sociability
Agenda
10:00 –10:45 pm
• Place Evaluation Exercise
• Evaluation of selected site. Teams will be assigned a specific site to
evaluate and brainstorm ideas for.
10:45 –11:30 am
• Team Work and Brainstorming Session
• Small group discussions
11:30 – 12:00 pm
• Applicability and Replicability Discussion
• Adjourn
Reflection Plaza
Reflection Plaza:
Site 1
Reflection Plaza: Site 2
Reflection Plaza: Site 3
Reflection Plaza: Site 4
Heritage Plaza: Site 1
Heritage Plaza: Site 2
Heritage Plaza: Site 3
Heritage Plaza: Site 4