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1. Text Summery and Analysis
DIY Urbanism, or the domain of possibility, collabora-
tion and creativity, is the on-going effort of do-it-yourself
urbanists
to re-engage the public with the city. The article presents
provides
a brief summary of Bay Area projects presented in an exhibit
in2010. The exhibit produced by SPUR, the San Francisco
Planning
and Urban Renewal Association, illustrates a variety of
projects
and methods urbanists have recently undertaken to bring new
life
to the city. Grouped into categories of DIY markets, streets,
gar-
dens, and public art, the projects reveal a pattern of
temporary
intervention leading to urban transformations.
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take on the sidewalk as a public forum and the car as an urban
in-
hibitor. These projects seek to reclaim underused spaces, such
as
sidewalks, medians, and parking spaces, and transform them
into
places of social interaction. Outdoor Living Rooms, Pavement
to
Parks, and Park(ing) Day began as renegade interventions in
the
urban environment. Each used furniture as a vehicle for
claiming
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tion over swaths of pavement. Sunday Streets upholds the
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DIY Urbanism
Produced by SPUR, Curated by Ruth Keffer, Exhibit design by
Rebar.
DIY Urbanism, Urbanist, (Sept. 2010). Accessed September 16,
2012.
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/diy-urban-
ism
2.Questions and Challenges
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