An overview of the intersection of ABCD (Asset Based Community Development) and placemaking. Learn how to create places that people are passionate about.
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1. Flickr/cogdogblog/Practicing Our ABCD's 17. Flickr/djfoobarmatt/Megaphones
2. Flickr/Curtm95/Phoenix Night Owls - Oct 28, 2010 18. Website/rudhro's ruminatoria/Jane Jacobs: A great
Canadian immigrant story. A hero of mine.
3. Shade Magazine: For Phoenix to Flourish 19. Website/Canalscape/VIDA:The Process
4. Flickr/Frogé/Mystery Sign 20. Flickr/tonx/old SF map
5. Flickr/[ Mooi ]/Google Map Marker 21. Flickr/nickhall/00760/Domino Rally
6. Flickr/{Guerrilla Futures|Jason Tester}/aUTOPIArts 22. Flickr/James Cridland/Crowd
7. Flickt/ChicagoGeek/Muscle Man 23. Flickr/ChrisM70/Giant Book 03
8. Flickr/moirabot/RRRR 24. Flickr/alexanderdrachmann/question Mark in Esbjerg
9. Flickr/noii/DNA double helix playground
10. Flickr/H Sanchez/Ricky Martin
11. Flickr/icebergprinciple/Central Park Viewfinder special thanks:
12. Flickr/nimishgogri/a photographer captures what his
eyes see, a painter captures what his mind sees To Dr. Nan Ellin for introducing me to the
13. Flickr/chooyutshing/Human Pyramid concept of placemaking and proving the
14. Flickr/Francisco Diez/Atlas Shrugged? intellectual foundations for this presentation.
15. Flickr/Khamis Hammoudeh/Jane’s Walk Phoenix While Nan has moved to Utah, her impact
16. Flickr/Steve Rhodes/Park(ing) Day San Francisco lives on in Phoenix.
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Conventional urban intervention has proceeded in the reverse order, considering first what is needed, but too often at the expense of what is valued. In many instances over the last century, urban interventions have even opted to begin with a tabula rasa, or clean slate, razing what is already there or finding pristine land upon which to erect master plans.\n
vernacular urbanism – that is, an urbanism that has arisen from and is an expression of a particular local culture and ethos.\n\nmaking places that respond to specific and local environments and circumstances: vernacular urbanism.\n\n
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Two kinds of vision: the ability to see things clearly and a vision for a better future. These are acquired through “me-search” and  “we-search.” \nMe-search entails listening to our own intuitions, preconceptions, and biases. \nWe-search involves listening to others and carefully observing places to build relationships, identify assets, and consider how best to build upon them. \nRe-search looks into the past, best practices elsewhere, and current conditions.\n
“urban acupuncture,” skillfully inserting interventions into the urban organism that clear blockages along “urban meridians,” thereby liberating “chi,” the life force of the city and enabling positive growth and change**\n
A successful VIDA process is catalytic, effecting significant and ongoing change, eventually without the initial stewards, who may then move on to catalyze other projects.\n