PPD 240g Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: General Idea, Urban Sprawl, Third Street Promenade

• School: USC
• Department: Policy, Planning, and Development
• Course: PPD 240g
• Professor: Diane Yoder

Document Summary

Shrinking of the public realm/ public services. Changes in communication: public became private. Open spaces transitioned to private places (e. g. malls, amusement parks, office parks, suburban sprawl) Traditional public places languished, became physically uncivil. Even public walkways became secluded (e. g. skyways, tunnels: communities became phony. Contrived communities (e. g. new urbanist, communities like celebration fl) Development of the third place (e. g. starbucks, the gym, parisian arcades. We now hang out at places like third street: conviviality. Autonomous and creative intercourse among persons, and the intercourse of persons with their environment, . Globalization and consumerism threaten conviviality: communication/info technology. The more developed they are, the more isolated we become. We live in cyberspace (e. g social networking, on-line shopping, online avatars) Advisory councils were set up to represent key constituencies: families; residents; restaurants, small businesses, retailers; arts; education; tourism: financial service firms; professional firms; commuters; transportation; and development. Citizens felt thrilled to participate, but 2/3 worried their ideas/interests would be ignored.