tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post321215869780230532..comments2023-12-15T04:43:49.939-06:00Comments on Community Beat: Power challenge: What's your number?Patrick Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12109856160393980550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-29685394979581783512008-12-11T20:21:00.000-06:002008-12-11T20:21:00.000-06:00Michael, thanks for clarifying for me what you hea...Michael, thanks for clarifying for me what you heard at the presentation. (I wasn't there.) You are spot-on that placemaking has to go hand-in-hand with cleaning and safety to make a neighborhood a welcoming place for both residents and guests.<BR/><BR/>And I cracked up at the image of the Bronzeville audience laughing at the idea that skateboarding kids were a neighborhood's biggest problem. <BRMaureen Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919817829347660556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-19311496483058235522008-12-11T18:32:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:32:00.000-06:00Hi Maureen,Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a gr...Hi Maureen,<BR/><BR/>Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a great organization and I love attending their seminars whenever they are available. I was grateful to attend their recent seminar in Bronzeville and purchase the above referenced publication. Through PPS’s “Placemaking” tool, the organization manages to make complex urban design issues feel very intuitive to those outside the profession, Mike Quinlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059374471377550048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-1343091423194448222008-12-10T22:57:00.000-06:002008-12-10T22:57:00.000-06:00Michael, I'm interested in your comment about the ...Michael, I'm interested in your comment about the carrot and the stick in creating public spaces where safety is an issue. I live in Back of the Yards and generally play the "good cop"--the nice lady who waters the traffic circle and picks up trash--while other people play the bad cop, like the actual CPD officer who lives down the block and tells the guys to get off the corner. <BR/><BR/>What Maureen Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919817829347660556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-34066491856517692352008-12-10T21:45:00.000-06:002008-12-10T21:45:00.000-06:00Hi Patrick,In 2002, I was in project management fo...Hi Patrick,<BR/><BR/>In 2002, I was in project management for a downtown commercial property owner in Buffalo, NY. I made this interactive map to highlight attractions around the property: http://www.mainliberty.com/location.asp <BR/><BR/>In 2006(?) i threw together a website in 2 days, dedicated to new downtown living opportunities in Buffalo, NY (namely because i couldn't talk anyone else Mike Quinlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059374471377550048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-85572784557609140232008-12-09T21:11:00.000-06:002008-12-09T21:11:00.000-06:00Michael, I haven't seen a mapping application yet ...Michael, I haven't seen a mapping application yet but the Guide to Neighborhood Placemaking in Chicago has a nice list of examples on page 17. Download it: http://placemakingchicago.com/cmsfiles/guide-to-placemaking-in-chicago.pdf<BR/><BR/>And I can see it now: a map with pop-up photos and descriptive captions. Please send us a link if you put one together.Patrick Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109856160393980550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-69236662153290200592008-12-09T20:32:00.000-06:002008-12-09T20:32:00.000-06:00you got me thinking about the map idea. is there a...you got me thinking about the map idea. is there an example link?Mike Quinlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059374471377550048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-633749375876915576.post-89309841829338363202008-12-09T15:27:00.000-06:002008-12-09T15:27:00.000-06:00Placemaking Chicago talks about "the power of 10" ...Placemaking Chicago talks about "the power of 10" in a thought-provoking way here:<BR/><BR/>A great place needs to have at least 10 things to do in it or 10 reasons to be there. But, don't get fixated on a particular number. It's really a matter of offering a variety of things to do in one spot—whose quality as a place then becomes more than the sum of its parts.<BR/>Sorry, Patrick, this idea wasMaureen Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919817829347660556noreply@blogger.com