Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Streets as advertising places

The Reuters blog, in "Pothole filling that’s finger-lickin’ good," reports that the fast food company KFC is offering 5 U.S. cities financial support for filling potholes in the street, provided the filled pothole is branded with the KFC logo and notice that KFC paid for the repair.
KFC fills potholes
Image: KFC via Reuters.

Do desperate times justify more commodification of the public space?

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