1. Activate
Open Space

2. Definition of Open Space:
City Hall

3. Successful vs.
Unsuccessful:
SUCCESSFUL OPEN SPACES

4. Burk Brothers Tannery
Northern Liberties
Philadelphia, PA
Est. 1855
Demolished 1996
Liberty Lands
Project by Northern
Liberties Neighborhood
Association (NLNA)
Development began 1997

5. Site
Open Space
Successful Open Space

6. Site Successful
JFK Boulevard Chestnut Street
Walnut Street

7. Site Unsuccessful
Arch Street Market Street
Walnut Street

8. Open Space
Availability

9. Stadtlounge
St. Gallen Switzerland

10. People’s Park
Shanghai, China

11. Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland, Oregon

12. Olympic Sculpture Park
Seattle, Washington

13. Piazza at Schmidts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14. Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

15. To Sum up
Activation = Success

16. Proposal
• Examples of what people can do to
activate

17. Activate
Examples of how people can activate
Introduce pamphlet

21. Thank
You!
Now
go
Activate
your
community
space
Works
Cited
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/
http://www.phillypolice.com/crime-­‐maps-­‐stats
http://www.phila.gov/MDO/SpecialEvents/Pages/
AboutSpecialEvents.aspx