Placemaking Report

Shade is Social Justice: Do's & Don'ts This appeared one day in a park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Placemaking, of some sort. Then, a few days later, a press release from City Hall. Then two more "Shade is Social Justice" installations, in rapid succession. That's a lot of shady justice in a short period of time. Enough to generate some Do's & Don'ts. Here's a playlist that captures all of these Do's and Don'ts in one sequence.

A soon-to-be-famous pigeon A soon-to-be-famous pigeon. It’s not only that it’s 16 feet tall. It’s that it will be perched on a very prominent stretch of New York City’s High Line: above 10th Avenue and West 30th Street.

Pavilions are placemaking gold They are outside, with plenty of fresh air flowing through. Yet they also define a room, or a series of rooms. And they provide shade, and a place to relax. Are pavilions the ideal placemaking structure?

An experiment escapes the lab This humble YouTube Short blasts off like a cat riding a double rainbow. Out into the millions-verse, pulling many of your previous, half-baked experiments into audience numbers you've never experienced, or expected.

Make Your Life Easier with T-Slot, the “Industrial Erector Set” Here's another tip for YouTube. T-Slot makes it easy to create a quick build of an idea.

Inspirational Guerrilla Artists for Placemakers: INVADER A possible niche for YouTube Shorts: artists who might be inspirational for placemakers? You give it a try, starting with Invader, a guerilla artist who works with mosaics. This and some others Shorts start earning a few hundred views, maybe a few thousand. And then, le deluge.

You Need Gloves We all need more gloves. They provide protection: from chemicals, from smashed fingers, from cuts and scratches. Gloves also improve your grip. And they keep your hands warm. That's why, when it came to setting up a Placemaking Report commerce channel, the decision was made: Ah hell, let's just recommend gloves. A few other things too, but mostly gloves.

About

Placemaking Report describes your likely placemaking adventure, if your experience follows the path of this placemaking adventure.

It's what you can expect if you wade into placemaking. This includes trying to figure out what TF placemaking is.

Also included:

At least three pivots.
A dozen tools you may need
3 or 4 false starts
A change of medium, from text to video.
A surprise 21 million+ viral views event, shortly after the above-mentioned pivot to video.
Many, many videos with lackluster view numbers, after that single viral hit.
14 tentative video forays into metaverse- and blockchain-powered places.

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