PLX 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Creative City, Urban Renewal, Creative Class

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Planning
• Course: PLX 111
• Professor: Abigail

Document Summary

Places; what do creative places look like : landry making 7 elements of creative cities (place, design, experience, inspiration, possibly, community, learning, connection, florida ; conditions that attract creative workers. Policies and politics; creative bureaucracy is operating to create better environments to operate collaboratively, adaptively and responsively to demands of public. Adams: 10 public realm characteristics for a creative city: structure, accessibility of the public realm, variety, animation, continuity & change, distinct characters, equity, good fit with people"s intentions, senses engaged, a sustainable city. Cities need creativity, creativity can help a city develop innovations to develop as well as to solve intractable urban problems and create interesting opportunities. Creativity happens in cities, cities need to create the conditions for people to think, plan and act with imagination. Landry: holistic creativity; cities are only creative if they display a culture, attitudes and a mindset open to imaginative thinking.