PRESS RELEASE

Date: January 4th, 2002
PLACEMAKING AT THE PLAZA

Syracuse's new Central Square opens to rave reviews

New York, NY – The opening of Clinton Square in downtown Syracuse has met with rave reviews. 18,000 people gathered last month for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Loud speakers piped Christmas music and groups of
friends glided across the ice at the new rink.

Preliminary concept plans for the Square were drawn up by Project for Public
Spaces, Inc – American's leading public spaces nonprofit – in conjunction
with Clough, Habour & Associates LLP and SG Associates. Placemaking was key to the initial concept; the space was designed with the involvement of the local community, with the aim of creating a place that people want to be. The result is a spectacular civic plaza for festivals, farmers' markets,
concerts and ice skating.

"The new Clinton Square is the best thing that has happened in Syracuse in
50 years...It works wonderfully as celebratory space with the reflecting pool
drained. But the Square in its spare everyday beauty, with the reflecting
pool and fountain, is what will win the hearts of citizens everywhere." says
one reader of the Post-Standard, The Syracuse, NY

To discuss Placemaking at the Plaza, join the Public Spaces listserve
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For further information on the redevelopment of Clinton Square visit:
http://www.syracuse.ny.us/syrmayor/ClintonSquare/

To search for articles on Clinton Square, visit http://www.syracuse.com/

For details about Project for Public Spaces visit
www.pps.org or phone 212 620 5660.

Books, ‘How to Turn a Place Around' and ‘Public Parks,
Private Partners' can be ordered online,
http://www.pps.org/Products/products_publications.html

Project for Public Spaces provides resources, techniques and tools
to help people build great public spaces. A nonprofit, PPS has
helped over 1,000 neighborhoods in 46 states and 12 countries
improve their parks, markets, streets, transit stations, libraries
and countless other public spaces.