Called the Invisible City, it was a plan to create three giant treehouses in Regent's Park, London, which would act as platforms for culture, performance and debate – a world, as the press release put it, of “collaborative happenings”.
The author points out that for civic projects to work the focus needs to be put on the benefit to the crowd, not on the money needed to meet the project's goal or on the elite population that supports it. This article was pretty interesting and talks about a lot of different projects, and a crowdfunding website that is dedicated specifically to such projects.
What do you guys think of crowdfunding civic projects? Is it a good way for the public to fund and get a stake in projects they think they need or is it taking away responsibility from the Government to make proper use of taxes? What do you think of the Invisible City project?
Source: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/apr/28/failed-city-crowdfunding-urban-projects-helena-bonham-carter