Inspired by a visit to Copenhagen, “arguably one of the most walkable cities on the planet,” a Minneapolis native is determined to follow the Danish example.
“What did I find, after a year of strolling the curiously gum-free streets and sidewalks of my home city? Walking is easy. Minneapolis is not.”
(via Starts and Fits)
This is a great Google Maps mashup showing the subway system overlaid on the real NYC street map.
(via Starts and Fits)
This is a great Google Maps mashup showing the subway system overlaid on the real NYC street map.
From eminent domain to “condofication”, Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2005.
Sports economists agree that cities–and taxpayers–get close to nothing from spending public money on sports teams. What they haven’t figured out is why we’re still doing it.
Across the country development is closing in on National Parks. Areas adjacent to parkland are seen as desirable as beachfront property, yet there is growing concern about the negative ‘edge effects’ that this development brings with it.
The New York City Department of Transportation today announced plans for a new pedestrian plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. The plaza will be created by closing Willoughby Street between Adams and Pearl Streets and the Adams Street Service Road at Willoughby Street and will enhance safety along the heavily trafficked pedestrian corridor. Plans for the new plaza will be presented to Community Board 2′s Transportation Committee at its Tuesday, March 21st meeting.
Project for Public Spaces invites you to its popular “How to Create Successful Public Markets” workshop on May 11-12, 2006 and “How to Turn a Place Around” workshop on May 4-5, 2006 in New York City.
HOW TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL MARKETS
www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/markets_training_course
Is a two-day workshop led by our own public market experts Steve Davies and David O’Neil. Cities and towns across the US are rediscovering the benefits of public markets.
At this workshop, you will:
Learn how to start a market in your neighborhood or town; look at case studies and explore the market planning process, including goal-setting, concept development, economic feasibility, management, site selection and design; visit and analyze some of New York’s most famous markets — both indoor and outdoor; and meet other folks from around the country working on a variety of public market projects.
The registration fee covers two days of tuition, including tours, in-depth presentations and discussions, on-site evaluation, case studies, and training support materials. Light lunch and refreshments will be provided on both Thursday and Friday. There is a reception Thursday evening (included) and an optional dinner Friday night (please note, the dinner is not included in the fee.)
Sign up now and join a small, dynamic group of people which in past workshops has included mayors, planning officials, community development officials, neighborhood organizers and market sponsors.
About the instructors:
STEVE DAVIES, as senior vice president of PPS, has directed nearly 500 major projects in the U.S and abroad and is sought out as one of the foremost thought leaders in public markets. He oversees the activities of PPS’s Public Market Program, where he currently works on a multi-million dollar grant-making and policy initiative for public markets and farmers markets with the Ford Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
A specialist in all phases of market development, DAVID O’NEIL has worked on over 200 market projects around the world and has directed four international public market conferences, the most recent in October, 2005 in Washington DC. David recently published “Reading Terminal Market: An Illustrated History,” a beautifully illustrated narrative about one of the country’s largest public markets located in Philadelphia, PA.
For more information about the workshop, or to register online now, go to http://www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/markets_training_course
For additional inquiries, please contact Chris Heitmann at 212-620-5660.
HOW TO TURN A PLACE AROUND
http://www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/httapa_training_course
How to Turn a Place Around is a two-day workshop designed for professionals and non-professionals who help shape towns and cities — from highway engineers and real estate developers to community garden advocates and housing specialists. Based on PPS’s 30 years of experience in Placemaking, and inspired by our popular book, “How to Turn a Place Around,” the course shows step-by-step our unique approach to revitalization.
During the course, participants will spend two days exploring the principles of making places through walking tours, presentations, case studies, PPS’s Place Performance Evaluation Game, and the close examination of several contrasting neighborhoods. The sites will be used to illustrate complexities in making places, encourage a user’s point of view, and to provide insight into how public spaces function.
The registration fee covers two days of tuition, including a neighborhood tour, in-depth presentations and discussions, on-site evaluation, case studies, a copy of How to Turn a Place Around, and training support materials. Light lunch and refreshments will be provided on both Thursday and Friday. There is a reception Thursday evening (included) and we will make recommendations for dinner Friday night should you want to continue the discussion (not included in the fee).
To register and for more information, please visit the workshop webpage, www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/httapa_training_course or contact Kathleen Ziegenfuss at 212-620-5660.
To help develop a plan for improvements to Delaney Strip Park in Anchorage, Alaska, the city parks department and PPS held a public workshop and invited residents to attend.
Downtown Raleigh is rumbling back to life at last. With each new hole in the ground, the sound is building to a roar. The city counts nearly $1 billion in public and private investment either under way downtown or starting soon.
So what happened? Was it the decision to rip out the Fayetteville Street Mall, and reopen it to cars? Yes and no, says Dan Douglas, director of the city’s Urban Design Center.
PPS is looking to hire a part-time Bookkeeping Assistant. This is a key position responsible in assisting the Controller in the entire accounting cycle (posting journal entries, bank reconciliation, A/P, A/R, and preparation of financial statements) and will be a crucial member of our financial management team. Read more at: http://www.pps.org/info/aboutpps/jobopenings
The Farmers Market Resource Guide, created by the Farmers Market Consortium (FMC), represents the efforts of public and private funders to work together to promote markets natiowide. The FMC’s creation was led by the USDA, and initial consortium conveners include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Ford Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, the Project for Public Spaces and several farmers market non-profit groups.