Placemaking Report

Satellite crash-lands on car Surprising, and kind of disturbing. If you're confused, that's by design. The goal is to enliven a space; to knock people out of their daily rut.

7 reasons to like this pavilion that feels ancient and contemporary at the same time Granite boulders, timber beams, STEEL GIRDERS, tension wires, and turnbuckles* [experimenting with HTML formatting here].*

You Need Gloves We all need GLOVES. For protection: from chemicals; from smashed fingers; from cuts and scratches. Gloves improve your grip; they keep your hands warm. That's why Placemaking Report's commerce strategy is, "Ah hell, let's just recommend work gloves." (Tools too, but mostly gloves.)[increasingly neglected semicolons used correctly, right?]

Mystery YouTube Short blows past 22 million views It's a "mystery" YouTube Short because you still can't figure out why it attracts so much traffic. There's something the YouTube algorithm loves about this video. It just passed 22 million views.

Shade is Social Justice: Do's & Don'ts This appeared one day in a park in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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. Here's a playlist that captures some Shade is Social Justice Do's and Don'ts in one sequence.

You're starting to realize -- 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. ⛱ 🛰 ⛱ 🛰 ️*

The Placemaking Report

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.

For more information, follow the whole story from the beginning.