The Placemaking Round-Up
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
The Biweekly Bazaar
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
Pasadena, California's first landmark historic district.
A walkable neighborhood surrounded by a park and containing one of the world's greatest collections of about 1,000 intact small-sized bungalows built from roughly 1880-1930. A model for historic preservationists and new urbanists seeking front-porch living and sidewalks for people.
Bungalow Heaven is accessible by foot, public transit, and automobile, yet there are also garages at the rear of the lots.
Extensive use of street trees. The neighborhood is mostly clean and attractive to a diverse population.
All neighborhood uses, including a park for people, not cars.
Annual home tour is a sell-out. One of the strongest neighborhood associations in California is here. It stopped the bulldozers and ugly apartment buildings and saved the beautiful, little old houses for people of all income ranges. This is a neighborhood where "fixing up one's home" is a favorite pastime and house-building and landscaping skills are shared.
For a detailed history, please see: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~bhna/history.html
*Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
