The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America
Michael H. Carriere, "The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America"
English | ISBN: 022672722X | 2021 | 360 pages | PDF | 104 MB
English | ISBN: 022672722X | 2021 | 360 pages | PDF | 104 MB
In the wake of the Great Recession, American cities from Philadelphia to San Diego saw an upsurge in hyperlocal placemaking—small-scale interventions aimed at encouraging greater equity and community engagement in growth and renewal. But the projects that were the most successful at achieving these lofty ambitions weren’t usually established by politicians, urban planners, or real estate developers; they were initiated by community activists, artists, and neighbors. In order to figure out why, The City Creative mounts a comprehensive study of placemaking in urban America, tracing its intellectual history and contrasting it with the efforts of people making positive change in their communities today.
Spanning the 1950s to the post-recession 2010s, The City Creative
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