Takoma Langley Crossroads: Keeping and Making Place in a Purple Line Community

Abstract

Creative Placemaking (CRPM) architecture students partnered with CRPM studio arts students and worked under the supervision of faculty and planning students to imagine a future for the Takoma Langley Crossroads, part of the ongoing work to expand the benefits of public investment in the Purple Line. With the goal of supporting the area’s small businesses, the project was designed to help stakeholders envision a future where people walk and bike to the businesses from the Purple Line and surrounding neighborhoods, enjoying a shared community space with a series of oases, places for people to stop and play, relax, or dine. The studio developed designs and activities to spark public conversation to imagine what this might look like.