Athens-based photographer Georgios Makkas has been trying to document the changes happening in Greek cities over the last few years. His project The Archaeology of Now captures the disappearing independent shops of Athens, Thessaloniki and Ioannina as a mix of recession and gentrification takes its toll …READ MORE
A walkable community is the most common term to describe the alternative to drive-only suburbia. Walkability is easy to explain but uninspiring. Walking is so basic to human life that we often take it for granted. Perhaps a better term is livability. The concept is a profound one for a
A jewel of the golden age of the New York City movie theater is being revived, with the reopening in February of the former Loews Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.Kings Theater was one of five “wonder theaters” in New York and New Jersey built in 1929 and 1930
2014 was a remarkable year for Placemaking, and as PPS prepares to enter its 40th year at the helm of this growing movement, we are energized and humbled by the incredible forward motion we helped to generate throughout the past year. In communities all over the world, we are seeing
Instead of feeling threatened by a planet of slums in need of clearance, we believe in a planet of neighborhoods and habitats in different stages of evolution.says the group, one of six teams whose work is displayed in the exhibit Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities, on view until
In New York it is illegal for anyone to rent out a room in an apartment in a multifamily building for less than 30 days if a tenant is not present. Yet almost weekly, someone writes to Ask Real Estate seeking advice on how to skirt the rules. What if
In his treatise What is Art? Leo Tolstoy argues that art is not an activity which is simply meant to produce beauty – a very subjective criterion, or to provide pleasure and entertainment. He claims that art is a means of expressing experience, of communicating various aspects of the human condition. In
By 2030, two-third of the world population will live in cities and these later will emit 75% of greenhouse gas emissions. To face these climate challenges, local governments will play a major role and their mobilization will be a key success factor for an ambitious climate agreement as well as concrete and visible
From Porto Alegre’s participatory budgeting and the literally destratifying cable cars of Caracas, to Nairobi’s “digital matatus” and the repurposed bus-ferries of Manila, the communities of the south are responsible for an ever-lengthening parade of social and technical innovations that rival anything the developed world has to offer for ingenuity
Galway city has less than a year to make a full application to become the European Capital of Culture 2020, following the Government’s announcement last evening to hold an open competition for an Irish city to be selected for the prestigious title. An Irish city and a Croatian city will
Romania recently launched the competition that will design the Romanian city that will receive the title of European Capital of Culture in 2021, according to Minister of Culture Hegedüs Csilla. The deadline for submitting applications is October 10, 2015. ‘The European Parliament and the European Commission decided in April that
Limerick CEO Conn Murray has confirmed that there will be ‘no shortfall’ to the local authority as a result of City of Culture, the final bill for which stands at around €10m. Mr Murray was speaking after a special meeting of Limerick City and County Council at County Hall this
Leading human rights and cultural players of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) gathered in Cape Town on the 4th and 5th of December 2014 to assess the state of the human rights agenda as it pertains to the arts and cultural sectors in Africa. Arterial Network South Africa (ANSA) and
Thessaloniki in Greece is handing over Cluj-Napoca in Romania the title for the European Youth Capital, a title won during a competition that had 49 European countries as participants. The program’s mission is to support youngsters and youth organizations in their active participation in changing the society through a sustainable, responsible
The West Bohemian city will be a European Capital of Culture next year. You can look forward to more than six hundred unique events starting Jan. 17 when the West Bohemian city of Pilsen takes up the banner as European Capital of Culture for 2015. ‘Pilsen 2015 is the biggest
The ‘sustainable city’ is only salvageable if we recognise the sociological and political problems that exist within it. Giving people a stake in the urban sustainability debate regardless of their background entails uniting around principles of diversity, recognition and participation. Currently, divisions are being created between those with the aptitude,
