{"id":50366,"key":"City_Repair_Project","title":"City Repair Project","latest":{"id":1210747,"timestamp":"2025-11-28T12:23:22Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:SunnysidePiazza.jpg|thumb|Sunnyside Piazza abuzz]]\n\n{{Project data}}\n\n== City Repair Project ==\n\nCity Repair Project (CRP) is a non-profit organization [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization#501.28c.29.283.29 501(c)3] that began in 2001 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon Portland, OR]. To CRP, \"localization of culture, economy, and decision-making\" is crucial feature of sustainable communities. CRP encourages and empowers individuals of communities to reclaim public space through artistic and ecologically-responsible projects that tear down the barriers between humans and the natural environment [http://cityrepair.org/]. By empowering people to transform their public spaces, CRP and the people they work with have challenged norms and created active and engaged communities.\n\n== The Grid System ==\n\n\tCRP makes efforts to reestablish the ''civil'' aspect of civilization, especially in regards to the modern urban grid standard. Although not the first to utilize the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_plan grid system], [http://www.spur.org/events/calendar/ancient-roman-city-planning the Romans largely introduced the urban grid] as an effective city planning system [http://web.archive.org/web/20200407081326/http://theworldisurban.com:80/2011/06/history-of-the-grid].\n\n[[File:4463558583 a3d77d9ea9 z.jpg|thumb|center|grid map of San Francisco]]\n\n\tIn the grid system, travelers could meet with other travelers at regular intervals, where the streets intersected. But as people began to drive cars more often, intimate interactions began to dwindle. Intersections have become places where traffic and tensions builds up, people don't signal, and violence has increased.\n\tCRP believes that the grid system has lead to people feeling isolated from their communities, and has thereby made it difficult for community space to flourish. Whereas cities and towns without a grid system have naturally occurring space for gatherings, with the grid system, meeting places need to be deliberately planned [http://cityrepair.org/about/why-city-repair/].\n\n== Placemaking ==\t\n\tArchitects and city planners have been conceptualizing human reclamation of streets since the 1960s.\n\n[[File:PlaceDiagram.jpg|thumb|center|placemaking diagram]]\n\n[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs Jane Jacobs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Whyte William H. Whyte] were among the first pioneers of city planing that was centered on people's needs and aspirations, not cars and supermarkets. This idea is called [http://www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/ Placemaking], and its visionaries believe that \"when you focus on place, you do everything differently\" [http://www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/].\nBy opening neighborhood planning to local residents, the focus shifts from managing people as they shuffle between A and B, to empowering residents to shape their own community experience.\n\n== Projects ==\n\n[[File:Vbc2013.jpg|thumb|center|VBC event schedule]]\n\nCRP works on many projects around Portland, including the annual [http://web.archive.org/web/20141030100344/http://vbc.cityrepair.org:80/index.php?id=59 Village Building Convergence], a \"placemaking festival\" that blends activism, hands-on education, community development, and art to create partnerships between governments, residents, and communities [http://web.archive.org/web/20150112144624/http://vbc.cityrepair.org:80/]. The Village Building Convergence lasts ten days and the event in 2013 will begin May 24th [http://web.archive.org/web/20150112144624/http://vbc.cityrepair.org:80/index.php?id=197]\n\nCRP is also involved in various [http://www.streetfilms.org/intersection-repair/ intersection repair], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_building natural building], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemaking placemaking] projects around Portland [http://cityrepair.org/].\n\n== Sunnyside Piazza ==\n\n[[File:SunnysidePiazza.jpg|thumb|center|Sunnyside Piazza abuzz]]\n\n[http://www.sunnysidepiazza.blogspot.com/ The Sunnyside Piazza] is perhaps one of CRP's most famous intersection repair projects. This inner-city intersection in Portland, OR. was transformed into a community space in 2001, in efforts to reduce neighborhood crime and increase individual sense of place [http://web.archive.org/web/20150215103641/http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=504]. The project seems to have had a positive effect; a study by [https://search.knodeinc.com/viewProfile.action;jsessionid=1cor3vxsztxt21xfcubwdubdz5?profile.profileId=A2751788#.UorziWTcpKk Jan C. Semenza] showed that people in the Sunnyside neighborhood were 30% happier with their neighborhood than people in a nearby neighborhood with a similar demographic [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447989/].\n\n== Placemaking in Arcata ==\n\n[http://web.archive.org/web/20150213035253/http://www.arcataplayhouse.org:80/creamery.html The Creamery District] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcata,_California Arcata, CA] is also jumping on the placemaking bandwagon. In May 2013, Playhouse Arts granted five local artists a total of over $7,000 to work on art projects in communal spaces in the Creamery District.\n\n[[File:CreameryMural.JPG|thumb|street mural in Arcata's Creamery District]]\n\nInstallations:\n\n* Maila Penhall: knitted socks, pom-poms, etc. in a tree cluster\n* Susan Bloch: mixed-media rainbow-making mobile named the Zephyr\n* Tim Gray: digital music sounds to accompany a walk-through visit of the District\n* Robert Pabst: street mural at the intersection of 9th and L streets\n* Lori Goodman: sculpture of paper, wood, and bamboo paying homage to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mulberry the kozo plant]\n\n[http://www.arcataeye.com/2013/06/creamery-district-funds-placemaking-art-projects/].\n\nThe projects were completed in August of the same year, and are viewable by taking a walk around [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=9th+and+L+arcata&ie=UTF-8&ei=APyMUqrlJYmEiwLAj4DAAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg 8th and 9th streets on the east side of K Street].\n\n== Mark Lakeman ==\n\n[http://socialenvironmentalarchitects.wordpress.com/mark-lakeman/ Mark Lakeman] is an urban place-maker and a co-founder of CRP. As an urban [[Permaculture|permaculturist]], community designer, and activist, Lakeman has worked on many projects with many organizations, including:\n\n* [http://communitecture.net/communitecture/index.php Communitecture Inc.]\n* [http://planetrepair.wordpress.com/ the Planet Repair Institute]\n* [http://www.creativevisions.org/ Creative Vision]\n* the Last Thursday Arts & Culture Project\n* [http://cityrepair.org/about/how-to/placemaking/intersectionrepair/ the Intersection Repair Project]\n* [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/64035625925085505/ the T-Horse mobile public gathering place]\n* [http://www.dignityvillage.org/ Dignity Village]\n* CRP and VBC.\n\nLakeman worked as a large-scale project designer in the 1980s, until starting other urban projects that mimicked indigenous and marginalized societies in terms of community participation, and localized ownership of political and economic power. [http://marklakeman.wordpress.com/about/].\n\nLakeman finished his 2013 California tour on November 11, after speaking at the [http://www.sustainabilitycoalition.org/ California Student Sustainability Coalition Convergence] at [http://www.humboldt.edu/ Cal Poly Humboldt]. See his calendar for his planned 2014 stops, including various towns on the East Coast of the US; Santa Cruz, CA; Maui, HI; and [http://www.breitenbush.com/ Breitenbush Resort, OR] [http://marklakeman.wordpress.com/category/schedule-of-talks-and-workshops/].\n\n== External Links ==\n\n:[http://cityrepair.org/ City Repair]\n:[http://www.spur.org/events/calendar/ancient-roman-city-planning Roman City Planning]\n:[http://web.archive.org/web/20200407081326/http://theworldisurban.com:80/2011/06/history-of-the-grid History of the Grid]\n:[http://www.streetfilms.org/intersection-repair/ Intersection Repair]\n:[http://web.archive.org/web/20150112144624/http://vbc.cityrepair.org:80/ Village Building Convergence]\n:[http://www.sunnysidepiazza.blogspot.com/ Sunnyside Piazaa Blogspot]\n:[http://www.pps.org/reference/what_is_placemaking/ PPS.org]\n:[https://search.knodeinc.com/viewProfile.action;jsessionid=1cor3vxsztxt21xfcubwdubdz5?profile.profileId=A2751788#.UorziWTcpKk Jan C. Semenza]\n:[http://web.archive.org/web/20150213035253/http://www.arcataplayhouse.org:80/creamery.html Creamery District]\n:[http://communitecture.net/communitecture/index.php Communitecture]\n:[http://planetrepair.wordpress.com/ Planet Repair]\n:[http://www.creativevisions.org/ Creative Visions]\n:[http://www.sustainabilitycoalition.org/ CSSC (Sustainability Coalition)]\n:[http://www.humboldt.edu/ HSU Homepage]\n:[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/64035625925085505/ T-Horse]\n:[http://www.dignityvillage.org/ Dignity Village]\n:[http://www.breitenbush.com/ Breitenbush Resort]\n:[http://marklakeman.wordpress.com/about/ Mark Lakeman Personal Blog]\n:[http://socialenvironmentalarchitects.wordpress.com/mark-lakeman/ Mark Lakeman]\n:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447989/ Urban Planning, Art, and Public Health]\n:[http://www.arcataeye.com/2013/06/creamery-district-funds-placemaking-art-projects/ Creamery District Funds Art Projects]\n\n== Interwiki Links ==\n\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization#501.28c.29.283.29 501(c)3]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon Portland, OR]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_plan Grid Plan]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placemaking Placemaking]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs Jane Jacobs]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Whyte William H. Whyte]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_building Natural Building]\n:[[Permaculture]]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcata,_California Arcata, CA]\n:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mulberry]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Cal Poly Humboldt]]\n[[Category:Communication]]\n[[Category:JMC116 Intro to Mass Communication]]"}