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Ep. 8 - Empowered placemaking (ft. Jonathan Berk)

Ep. 8 - Empowered placemaking (ft. Jonathan Berk)

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Jonathan Berk joins Olmsted to talk about Patronicity, the Kickstarter for community placemaking projects.  Plus: tactical urbanism, pedestrinization trends post-pandemic, protesting in front of Pac Sun, Victor Gruen, and the housing crisis. 

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Show Notes:

  • Patronicity overview
  • Origins of Patronicity, (Detroit, Kickstarter)
  • Starlight Square in Cambridge, MA - PAtronicity project, used to be parking space, became outdoor theatre space for community events
  • Tactical placemaking 
  • Pedestrianizing trends - gained more traction during pandemic 
  • We took a few parking spaces and the world didn’t end
  • Low dollar, low cost but a lot of community engagement 
  • Cherry on top projects
  • Definition of placemaking - community led projects
  • Protesting between Pac Sun and Spencers
  • Victor Gerrin’s lament
  • Demand for walkable urbanism lifestyle 
  • Abundant Housing MA
  • Need for all different types of new housing
  • Every community needs to contribute
  • 400k+ housing units needed
  • Housing market is stunted
  • Jonathan’s unique path to urbanism 
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