Tag: Public space
The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the...
Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University and Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, UMass Boston
Americans don’t agree on much these days, but...
How to design a public play space where kids practice reading...
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University ; Jennifer M. Zosh, Penn State, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Temple University
A park bench can...
Gentrification? Bring it
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Andrew Deener, University of Connecticut
In July, a group of long-time, mostly Latino residents of Los Angeles’s Boyle...