Comments on: Three Prix Rotthier Winners http://pedshed.net/?p=187 Walkable urban design and sustainable places Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Almaatla http://pedshed.net/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-18812 Almaatla Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:31:53 +0000 http://pedshed.net/?p=187#comment-18812 Well, living in Plessis Robinson, I do not feel the city as a city built for tourism. In the contrary, the Maire of the city tried to make it a city for people living there. It is lively, with good schools and no "tourist traps". If the gardens and public parks make it feels as if built to attract tourists, it in reality create an extremely good atmosphere and environment to live there and raise kids. You can find recent pictures of the city Market with real merchants and lively people. www.chezquynh.fr Almaatla Well, living in Plessis Robinson, I do not feel the city as a city built for tourism. In the contrary, the Maire of the city tried to make it a city for people living there. It is lively, with good schools and no “tourist traps”. If the gardens and public parks make it feels as if built to attract tourists, it in reality create an extremely good atmosphere and environment to live there and raise kids. You can find recent pictures of the city Market with real merchants and lively people.

http://www.chezquynh.fr
Almaatla

]]> By: Alex Sommer http://pedshed.net/?p=187&cpage=1#comment-18753 Alex Sommer Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:08:59 +0000 http://pedshed.net/?p=187#comment-18753 “from a dormitory town into a city” I think this quote aptly identifies the numerous bedroom 'communities' of the United States. The comparison of someplace one sleeps - or considers just a transition - is much different than the description of city: vibrancy, community, civic ... a unique place. "Plessis-Robinson ... It has long identified itself as a garden city and a pleasure destination." This transition from a nowhere town into a destination shows the relationship between visitors (tourism) and placemaking. This is a difficult transition and can lead to detrimental issues associated with mass-tourism communities: cities and towns that have lost what is authentic and unique and turned into just a product to be marketed. This regeneration is similar to a project I am working on: historic preservation, economic development, mixed-use and a multicultural population. Civic Tourism principles are helping to guide us - tourism as an end product, not the means itself. The idea is to work on community development and placemaking which will inevitability lead to a sustainable destination. This is our current discussion on the potential of using tourism to help enhance the unique sense of place: http://www.civictourismconference2008.com/?page_id=17 “from a dormitory town into a city”

I think this quote aptly identifies the numerous bedroom ‘communities’ of the United States. The comparison of someplace one sleeps – or considers just a transition – is much different than the description of city: vibrancy, community, civic … a unique place.

“Plessis-Robinson … It has long identified itself as a garden city and a pleasure destination.” This transition from a nowhere town into a destination shows the relationship between visitors (tourism) and placemaking.

This is a difficult transition and can lead to detrimental issues associated with mass-tourism communities: cities and towns that have lost what is authentic and unique and turned into just a product to be marketed.

This regeneration is similar to a project I am working on: historic preservation, economic development, mixed-use and a multicultural population. Civic Tourism principles are helping to guide us – tourism as an end product, not the means itself. The idea is to work on community development and placemaking which will inevitability lead to a sustainable destination.

This is our current discussion on the potential of using tourism to help enhance the unique sense of place:

http://www.civictourismconference2008.com/?page_id=17

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