CityNerd: Do Great Plazas Exist In The Us

Squares, Places, Plazas, Piazzas. Whatever the language the idea is the same: it's the gravitation center of your city. Let's decide the best in the U.S. ---------- NEW YORK TICKETS! General sale now on for my April 24, 2026 event at Hunter College in New York City. Ticketing link: https://bit.ly/HC-4-24 ---------- Watch this video on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-do-great-plazas-exist-in-the-us Using my custom link gets you 50% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel! https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd Also STILL available: the Lifetime offer! $300 for Nebula as long as both you and Nebula exist, and a full 1/3 of the price goes directly to support this channel. https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=citynerd And! Gift cards -- get the same deals using my code, but gift a membership to someone who needs weekly (ad-free and promo-free) Nerd propaganda! http://gift.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon — a way to directly support my ability to talk about what I want to talk about every week, and get out to the cities I want to highlight. Much appreciation to all of you who are already patrons! https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Read William H. Whyte's The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces — you won't regret it. Library or an independent bookstore are cool, but use this link if you're lazy and you don't mind the online retailer in question sending me a small commission: https://amzn.to/3NCkQqY ---------- Resources: - https://www.pdx.edu/urban-studies-planning/graduate-courses - https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2019/05/10/ten-great-public-squares - https://washingtonpark.org/ - https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/06/agora-in-portland-how-the-pioneer-courthouse-square-as-we-know-it-has-evolved-over-150-years/ - https://www.visitsaltlake.com/things-to-do/attractions/historic-sites/historic-temple-square/ Images: - Cincinnati Music Hall By Larsonj3 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66012216 - Portland Hotel By Unknown author - Oregon Native Son, Vol. II, No. 7, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8678282 - Discovery Green By Hequals2henry - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19624852 - Discovery Green bocce By Paul Duron (Houtexusa (talk) (Uploads)) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=100134735 - Union Square NYC By chensiyuan - chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10514960 - American Radiator Building By Elmschrat Coaching38 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15961529 - Bryant Park Station By Harrison Leong - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27625952 - Union Square (thumbnail) via Getty Images, Credit: Michael Lee, Creative #: 954188030, License type: Royalty-free, Collection: Moment ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities LinkedIn: /raydelahanty ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv