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Making Places Newsletter
Making Places, the official newsletter of PPS, is your lifeline to the world of Placemaking. A free subscription gives you insight into public spaces from our unique, interdisciplinary vantage point, and highlights ways you can help make better places in your community.
Recent Issues:
Photo Edition
(January, 2006)
All you need to turn a mediocre street, park, market, downtown or city into a great place are a few simple things: enthusiasm, dedication, and willingness to truly listen to the people who live, work and visit there. Oh yes, and a camera.
Public Squares Edition
(December, 2005)
With historical roots in cultures all over the world, squares are being rediscovered as a powerful means of transforming communities.
Neighborhoods Edition
(November, 2005)
People everywhere--in suburbs, cities, and small towns--are taking action to create good places to hang out with our friends and neighbors. PPS is launching a new project to promote these exciting new developments--and we'd like your help.
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