▁tact ical ▁urban ism , ▁such ▁as ▁extending ▁side wal ks ▁with ▁ch alk , ▁paint , ▁and ▁plan ters , ▁or ▁open ▁streets ▁events ▁such ▁as ▁Bog ot á , ▁Colombia ' s ▁Cic lov ía . ▁Good ▁pla cem aking ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁under util ized ▁space ▁to ▁enh ance ▁the ▁urban ▁experience ▁at ▁the ▁ped est rian ▁scale ▁to ▁build ▁hab its ▁of ▁loc als . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁concepts ▁behind ▁pla cem aking ▁origin ated ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁when ▁writers ▁like ▁Jane ▁Jacob s ▁and ▁William ▁H . ▁Why te ▁offered ▁ground bre aking ▁ideas ▁about ▁design ing ▁cities ▁that ▁c ater ed ▁to ▁people , ▁not ▁just ▁to ▁cars ▁and ▁sho pping ▁cent ers . ▁Their ▁work ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁l ively ▁neighborhood s ▁and ▁inv iting ▁public ▁spaces . ▁Jacob s ▁advoc ated ▁citiz en ▁ownership ▁of ▁streets ▁through ▁the ▁now - f am ous ▁idea ▁of ▁" ey es ▁on ▁the ▁street ." ▁Why te ▁emphas ized ▁essential ▁elements ▁for ▁creating ▁social ▁life ▁in ▁public ▁spaces . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁came ▁into ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁by ▁landscape ▁architect s , ▁architect s ▁and ▁urban ▁pl ann ers ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁creating ▁squares , ▁pla zas , ▁par ks , ▁streets ▁and ▁water front s ▁that ▁will ▁attract ▁people ▁because ▁they ▁are ▁ple as urable ▁or ▁interesting . ▁Land s cape ▁often ▁plays ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁design ▁process