27 Oct Book review: Contesting Public Spaces
Contesting Public Spaces: Social Lives of Urban Redevelopment in London. Ed Wall, Routledge (2022)Contesting Public Spaces considers public spaces in London - how it evolved, how it's used and how...
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Place talking points
Our founder, Diane Cunningham, discusses issues affecting high streets, markets, town centres and small businesses. We love exploring new places and revisiting old ones to see the changes.
Here, you can find interviews with clients and colleagues, events and research, alongside observations from what we have learnt on projects and when out and about.
25 Sep Thamesmead, London’s new town
Recently, we headed out to Thamesmead, London’s New Town. The part visited on the tour was in the borough of Bexley and the new Abbey Wood Elizabeth Line station has...
29 Aug Exploring the UK on meeting-free Fridays
During the summer as meetings reduced we decided to use the quieter weeks to get out and about. Calling it meeting-free Fridays we managed to keep to it over five...
28 Jul Developing a visitor and resident offer in Falkirk
This month, our director Diane Cunningham headed to Scotland for a long overdue visit, much postposed due to lockdowns then train strikes. Diane knows Glasgow well but this time there...
24 Jun What we heard at 11th International Markets Conference
We have recently returned from Toronto where the city was hosting the 11th International Markets Conference organised by Project for Public Spaces.Having been involved with the 10th Conference in London as part...
19 May Creating change in Stockport and activating spaces with art
We met John Macaulay and Sophie Macaulay, the team behind GRIT Studios in Stockport and founders of Art Battle Manchester.They shared what has made Art Battle successful and how they...