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New York City: A Brief Introduction

on October 25, 2014

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Lecture hosted by University of Roma Tre
Aprile 2014

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Placemaking in Global Perspective

Paper presented at the VIII Study Day of INU - Naples In the last decades, the ones who care most for public space, looked with curiosity at Placemaking, the movement founded by Fred Kent in 1975. Placemakers have their own saints, like Jane Jacobs, William “Holly” White, Allan Jacobs, (Gehl & Svarre 2013; Giddens 2007) . They believe in inclusive and participative design, but they also mistrust of politicians, architects, planners, and planning itself. Placemakers publish a lot of fancy books, with many photos in which many people drinks many cappuccinos. But has this movement really produced the expected outputs, or it is just an enterprise with an excellent communication staff? Their guidelines and activities could work in developing countries, or even just in contexts different for the north-American wealthy communities? The paper explores experiences and critiques of the movement in a global perspective.

Rediscovering Robert Moses's True Legacy

Presentation at the Sapienza University of Rome June, 30 2015

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