UPM 10-year Anniversary

What is “placemaking”?

• Putting IKEA furniture in the park

• Parking cars creatively

• Creating spaces people love and use

• Making maps out of pancakes

Which of the following is NOT a principle of good placemaking?

• Community input

• Comfort and safety

• Food for pigeons

• Active uses

What’s “tactical urbanism”?

• Urban camouflage fashion

• Sneaky parking enforcement

• Planning cities using laser tag

• Quick, low-cost changes to improve a space

If people are using a sidewalk as a shortcut through grass, you should probably put a path there

• True

• False

What’s a common mistake in urban placemaking

• Putting a fountain on a mountain

• Forgetting people exist

• Using every color in the rainbow

• Installing invisible signage

The success of a public space can be measured purely by how clean and quiet it is.

• True

• False

Why do placemakers love benches so much?

• They're cheaper than a food truck

• They're secretly time machines

• They say “stay awhile” to people

• Architects like rectangles

The “Power of 10+” strategy recommends 10 parking options per neighborhood.

• True

• False

 If Placemaking the musical debuted on Broadway, who would be the villain?

• Robert Moses

• Federal Funding

• Cars

• All of the above

UPM students have tackled all of these real-world sites except:

• Brooklyn Navy Yard

• Court Street, Brooklyn

• Myrtle Beach Boardwalk

• Betty Carter Park