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Jay Walljasper - United States

Jay Walljasper
Jay Walljasper is a Senior Fellow at Project for Public Spaces, which aims to be the central hub of the global 'Placemaking' movement. read more..

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"With each passing day our world becomes more urban and our cities grow larger. It is therefore ever more important that we focus more intensely and with greater energy on the smallest parts of our cities, our neighborhoods, where our citizens live and where their lives are shaped. The Great Neighborhood Book is a treasure. It will help all who care about their towns and cities make their neighborhoods more special places."
- Joseph P. Riley, Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina and founder of the Mayors' Institute on City Design
"The willful destruction of public life in America has been so stupendous that heroic efforts must now be mounted to restore it. This includes especially the actual places where public life may dwell and thrive. The Great Neighborhood Book is a superb manual for this campaign - to take back the places where our buildings meet the street."
- James Howard Kunstler, author of 'The Long Emergency' and 'The Geography of Nowhere'
"We're often told that regular people have no power anymore. But when they get together with their neighbors to work on important issues in their own backyard, anything is possible. Jay Walljasper regales us with stories of folks all over the country who have rolled up their sleeves to make big changes to their neighborhood - and the world. So, read on, get riled up, roll up your sleeves...and take power."
- Jim Hightower, author of 'Thieves in High Places' and 'The Hightower Lowdown'
"Jay Walljasper has given us nothing less than a manual for how to rebuild community, one practical step at a time, and in the process recover much of the joy of day-to-day life. What a gift!"
- Bill McKibben, author of 'Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities' and the 'Durable Future'

The Great Neighborhood Book
A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking

Abandoned lots and litter-strewn sidewalks, or rows of green beans and pockets of wildflowers? Graffiti-marked walls and desolate bus stops, or shady refuges and comfortable seating? What transforms a dingy, inhospitable area into a dynamic gathering place? How do individuals take back their neighbourhood?

Neighbourhoods decline when the people who live there lose their connection and no longer feel part of their community. Recapturing that sense of belonging and pride of place can be as simple as planting a civic garden or placing some benches in a park.

The Great Neighborhood Book explains how any community can be improved and enlivened, not by vast infusions of cash, not by government, but by the people who live there. Through real-life stories, this book addresses such challenges as traffic control, crime, comfort and safety, and developing economic vitality. Offering compelling evidence of how people in communities have enhanced their own neighborhoods through "Placemaking" - the 'Project for Public Spaces' term for the process of transforming public space - this exciting guide offers inspiring real-life examples that show the magic that happens when individuals take small steps, and motivate others to make change.

If you think your neighbourhood is (or could be) a special place, you have already taken the first step towards 'Placemaking' - the exciting and fun process that happens when people come forward to create neighbourhoods they are proud to call home. Offering many web-based and other resources for follow-up, this book is a must-read not only for neighbourhood activists and concerned citizens but also for urban planners, developers and policy-makers.

190 x 230 mm, 173 pages, paperback with black & white photographs.


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