The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) has released

The Project for Public Spaces (PPS) has released How to Turn a Place Around, a primer on evaluating and transforming public spaces into centers of activity. The handbook favors an approach to planning that begins with the community defining the issues, rather than the project-driven, top-down approach common in neighborhood revitalizations. “Creating a place depends more on effective management than it does design and requires the involvement of many different disciplines,” the authors write. Contact (212) 620-5660 or www.pps.org.