DNA of Place™

Big Ideas. Great Places. Your Stories. #placemaking #dnaofplace #placeaccelerator #placemakerlabs Team: @DowntownDaniel @Skelt Website:

[Curbed @Curbed]

Coronavirus is not fuel for urbanist fantasies https://t.co/kAN2mrNhLR

[Nate Storring @natestorring]

Wow, thank you, @bruce_katz. What a compliment! During #Covid_19, I couldn't agree more that Jane Jacobs's focus on responsive municipal governance, relocalizing economies, and community-driven design is the perfect combination to meet the moment.

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

Finally home after 13 hours in the ER. Today >90% of my patients were confirmed or likely #COVID19. Many really sick, some in their 30s like me. The sirens on otherwise empty NYC streets are unending & haunting. I’m tired. But really honored to be back in the ER in the morning.

[giulio quaggiotto @gquaggiotto]

Loved everything about this - the process of collecting inputs, the resistance to "convergence" & the celebration of multiple views, reading other people's essays on the future of cities https://t.co/n2g7UAcXqg More of this, please :-)

[giulio quaggiotto @gquaggiotto]

"Cities as serendipity engines" - a short piece I contributed to this wonderful collection of "conflicting ideas and world-views" on cities https://t.co/n2g7UAcXqg Thanks
@biancawylie for the opportunity

[Stuart Candy @futuryst]

The JFS special issue on #DesignAndFutures (Vol. II) has 17 more essays & articles from fantastic contributors around the world https://t.co/QNylruFKD3

To celebrate #primereu19 we’re giving away 10 print copies (free shipping)! Draw is 24 hours from now — RT to enter 🎈

[giulio quaggiotto @gquaggiotto]

"City as commons" - Seoul's Future Innovation forum's program looks typically enticing https://t.co/sDcfgmhqQJ with @mbauwens @chrisiaio @gggbriella

[Designing Justice @designtorestore]

Great article about the opening of Restore Oakland--the country's first center for Restorative Justice & Restorative Economics: https://t.co/svBYoswIm4

[Jay Pitter @Jay_Pitter]

A group focused on the city’s capacity & future hosted a meeting that excluded many voices. Here are suggestions for making public conversations & consultations inclusive. It’s pretty comprehensive but definitely in-progress. I welcome additional insights. Thoughts?

#TOpoli

[Winthrop Rockefeller Institute @Rockefeller]

Read more of our discussion with Daniel, founder of @VelocityGroup, here: https://t.co/ViMkzWtUuX

[Winthrop Rockefeller Institute @Rockefeller]

Daniel Hintz on placemaking: "You start with your community because they are the experts of their own experience. They may struggle with finding the language to tell their story...but we dismiss them as being uneducated or unknowledgeable at our own peril." #ARUncommon

[City of Bryan @CityofBryan]

ICYMI! On February 21st, the City hosted a community workshop to discuss #BryanMidtown. Here's a recap! Remember, visit https://t.co/oh2V59E6K4 for additional information.

#BryanTX #BetterInBryan #BCSTX #MasterPlanning #InformedCitizens https://t.co/LUMSy3Ufic

[stae @staehere]

At #nycSOdata listening to @SLarrick? Curious what our Civic Sandbox is? Here is a medium post explaining it!

https://t.co/OM2vYsC9Gd

[DEPT. PUBLIC MEMORY @PUBLICMEM]

A really nice article about our work- what we do and why we do it. Thanks to @lukeottenhof @CBCArts https://t.co/PXfjyViq4b

[Jessica Flack @C4COMPUTATION]

Collective memory: How does society forget? @crcandiav @cesifoti @NatureHumBehav study of patents, citations, songs, movies+sports biographies finds oral transmission dynamics+physical recording interact to produce a complex memory that decays in 2 phases https://t.co/zkAetCxwWY

[Noelle Bellow @noellebellow]

Ever been to “Midtown district” in Bryan? Chances are YES, and the @CityofBryan wants to develop it into a space you can experience in new ways. #BryanMidtown @KBTXKathleen Learn more on #FirstNewsatFour today!

[Kathleen Ninke @KathleenNinke]

The City of Bryan is looking for residents to help define these new plans. #BryanMidtown https://t.co/kFjUtZboPP

[City of Bryan @CityofBryan]

Thank you to our citizens that were able to join us for our first public workshop jumpstarting the conversation on #BryanMidtown. Unable to attend? We encourage you to visit https://t.co/oh2V59E6K4. Coming soon is a survey! #BryanTX #BetterInBryan

[DNA of Place™ @VelocityGroup]

Tonight we set out on a journey with the community of Bryan, Texas to discover the unique DNA of Place in #BryanMidtown! Learn more at https://t.co/DKz10osyVH #BetterInBryan #BryanTX #TEDx

[Project for Public Spaces @PPS_Placemaking]

“We often make the investments and assume that the benefits will follow, but the real question is who benefits first... It is not about imposing, it is about recognizing," says @shauenv of investing in place, local capacity, and community #placemaking at the #BassCenter launch.