THOM 11 | Fall / Winter 2018

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SMALL BALL, TRAMPLED GRASS & Written by Rob Rushin Photographed by Gabe Hanway HAPPY MOTORING 22
Placemakers Fans of baseball and basketball are familiar with the idea of small ball, a strategy that relies on incremental gains. In baseball this can mean working to get runners on base and moving them via base hits or bunts. It is essentially the opposite of the big-inning approach, in which you hope for a few lucky big swings to save the day. Small ball favors creativity, speed and agility. More often than not it is a winning approach. Tactical urbanism does not require a huge investment to begin. Tactical urbanism, the small ball of urban development, is rapidly gaining a foothold in a planning sector that often favors big-inning-style developments, like megacomplexes, sports arenas and casinos. Tactical urbanism does not preclude plans for large developments; it does, however, ask that communities apply practical, realworld analysis before committing to larger investments. Using this approach, communities create small proofof-concept projects—generated at the grass roots, not as top-down mandates—for assessing a plan’s chance of success and public support before investing substantial resources. For an example of how tactical urbanism works, consider this advice, variously attributed to Einstein and some other eminent wise person. Asked where to place the walking paths in a new university quad, Einstein (or whoever) responded, “Do not build any now. Wait a year and put them where the grass has been trampled down.” The idea is that community use patterns—the wisdom of the crowd—will be far more reliable than any central planner’s bright idea. Tactical urbanism can take many forms. A city might close a street to assess whether a pedestrian-only or 23
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