People Make Cities

People Make Cities supports individuals and groups who want to make their cities look and feel better. #PeopleMakeCities

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For these urban gardeners, the simple act of planting a seed can be an effective solution for some of the world’s biggest problems, if one only has the patience to get their hands dirty.

Learn about how you can start your own urban garden here:

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5. Integrate a requirement for displacement avoidance strategies into policies, laws, and park funding implementation at the city, county, and state level for wider, long-term impact beyond single park sites.

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How to apply "greening without gentrification"?

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3. Create collaboratives that include park and housing advocates.

4. Combine the creation and preservation of affordable housing with initiatives to create better-paying jobs for local residents to tackle gentrification threats.

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Context is everything. #PeopleMakeCities

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The Pearl Walk project. The citizen-led group has turned over more than 7,000 signatures, a concept plan, a detailed cost estimate, and consolidated support from Barangay San Antonio, and the Ortigas Center Association, among others.

Learn more: https://t.co/BMUujquJGO

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"Walkable urbanism isn’t just sustainable and enjoyable, but more profitable." via @Curbed

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When car-free streets are advocated for, some motorists complain about the disruption that it could cause, but "data shows that streets to which traffic has been diverted are not more congested." https://t.co/sCvm0GpjTD

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"A public library or a community library is a center for the community," says Lou Gepuela.

Start 2020 by getting inspired by Lou's mission on opening a public library in his community. YOU can do it too. Read more here:

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Indeed, making a city more bike-friendly is really about making it less friendly for cars.

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Happy New Year everyone! May 2020 empower us all to make our cities look and feel better. #PeopleMakeCities

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This article by Global Designing Cities Initiative shares five steps to make that happen:

1. Uncover value
2. Engage stakeholders
3. Document and measure
4. Attract attention
5. Scale up

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Tactical urbanism, much like our Ongpin St. pop-up plaza, shows that temporary projects have great value for the community. But how can we ensure that these projects can become permanent transformations?

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For Philip Peckson of Pearl Project, there are only three roads in Metro Manila where cars should be prioritized more than pedestrians: Skyway, SLEX, and NLEX.

Anywhere else are neighborhood streets that people live on, shop on, and work on.

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Anj Decena and Philip Peckson are two of the citizen-led group (Pearl Project) that has taken the steps to transform Pearl Drive into a safer, more pleasurable street.

Read more about how they are making it happen here: https://t.co/BMUujquJGO

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“I emphasize that Manila can be renewed street by street by street by citizens. That’s within our power as ordinary citizens to advocate for the renewal of a particular street,” says Philip Peckson. #PeopleMakeCities

Learn about the #PearlProject here: https://t.co/BMUujquJGO

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Monique Obligacion of Druid Things and Buhay Zero-Waste strongly believes that through urban farming, issues around food security and food waste can be solved. #PeopleMakeCities

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"If you look around… you’ll be able to find other people who share the same [or] similar ‘hugots’… and that’s what you start with. If you want something to move forward, you have to understand that you can’t work alone. No one can do it alone."
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