Our volunteer recognition event during DesignPhiladelphia was a huge success! Over 120 people attended and the presentation was standing room only.
The talk by Terry Schwarz raised interesting issues about vacant land and temporary reuse. Her work with Pop Up City in Cleveland provides some creative ideas for revitalizing urban areas, fostering community engagement and utilizing neglected infrastructure. Schwarz discussed past Pop Up events including a winter festival called Leap Night, a community celebration on a neglected bridge and an artists' bazaar in an empty building.
The Collaborative will continue working on these issues with our Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites Interim Use Charrette on October 30. Design professionals, public artists, and nonprofit and city planners will devise creative temporary projects to enliven vacant small-scale neighborhood industrial sites in Chinatown and Kensington.
The talk by Terry Schwarz raised interesting issues about vacant land and temporary reuse. Her work with Pop Up City in Cleveland provides some creative ideas for revitalizing urban areas, fostering community engagement and utilizing neglected infrastructure. Schwarz discussed past Pop Up events including a winter festival called Leap Night, a community celebration on a neglected bridge and an artists' bazaar in an empty building.
The Collaborative will continue working on these issues with our Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites Interim Use Charrette on October 30. Design professionals, public artists, and nonprofit and city planners will devise creative temporary projects to enliven vacant small-scale neighborhood industrial sites in Chinatown and Kensington.
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