The 2001 winners made their cities better places to live and work and represent important models of urban placemaking.
Placemaking for Change: the 2001 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence includes detailed case studies and lessons learned about the winning projects including:
- Village of Arts and Humanities in Phildelphia, Pennslyvania
A community revitalization program using art as vehicle for engagement and change
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York, New York
A museum sharing the stories of immigrants to promote dialogue and tolerance
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey
A downtown arts center supporting cultural and economic renewal
- South Platte River Greenway in Denver, Colorado
Reclamation of a polluted river to create a recreational greenway
- Swan’s Marketplace in Oakland, California
A multicultural mixed-use community gathering place with housing, commercial, and arts-based spaces
Lessons Learned themes include:
- Art as an Engine for Urban Redevelopment
- Preservation and Conservation of Places and Values
- Place as a Vehicle for Social Change
- Nature and the Urban Experience
- The Benefits and Limitations of Scale in an Addressing Urban Problems
- Leadership, Vision, and Sustainable Urban Change
- Public, Nonprofit, and Private Partnership