It’s no mistake that Art Kane’s classic 1958 photo “A Great Day in Harlem” was taken in this exact spot, a place whose very design creates community. We examine the intimate connection between building design and sociable, happy people.
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Every year, 15,000 Parisians gather for the Dîner en Blanc (White Dinner). When friends and I here in California found out, we took the concept to cliffs, hilltops, and monuments and discovered the potential of public space. You can change the world by dining where no one has dined before and have enormous fun. Here’s our story.
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Got a minute? Opponents are trying to derail an exciting new public space project. Sign the Lower Stockton Improvement Project petition and show your support for an exciting new car-free street in San Francisco. Out-of-towners are also encouraged to sign this petition.
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Duboce Park in San Francisco feels like a real sanctuary and the locals love it. But why? There’s something that surrounds almost every modern public space but which doesn’t surround this one. We find out what it is.
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To be safe, children need playgrounds. Or do they? We visit the Koret Children’s Quarter in San Francisco and the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, and ask: Are children better fenced off from, or included in, society?
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