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Winners of Jane Jacobs Medal Announced

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 28, 2007 | Add Comment

After funding the research that helped Jane Jacobs produce her landmark book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” nearly 50 yeas ago, the Rockefeller Foundation has inaugurated the first Jane Jacobs Medals.

Barry Benepe, the 79-year-old founder of Greenmarket, will receive the first medal for “lifetime leadership.” Omar Freilla, the 33-year-old founder of [...]

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Returning Streets to People, Not Cars, in Bogota, Colombia

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 28, 2007 | Add Comment

Bogota, Colombia, has turned itself around by focusing on using the public realm to promote the greatest amount of happiness. First stop? Car-free days. The city’s campaign to return streets from cars to people is now a model for the world.

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Free the Bench! Mock Trial over Bench in Surrey, BC

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 20, 2007 | Add Comment

Local politicians – lawyers among them – will be staging a mock trial Saturday on whether to set free a wooden bench near the Surrey Central SkyTrain and bus loop in Surrey, British Columbia.

The idea for the bench trial came about after public spaces guru Fred Kent, President of Project for Public Spaces, toured [...]

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Lessons from Bogota’s Ciclovia

By kwinzler@pps.org on Jun 12, 2007 | Add Comment

Cyclovia is a weekly event in Botoga, Colombia, that closes 70 miles of city streets and makes them available to bikers, skaters, and walkers.

All modes (except cars) and all ages, sizes, classes share the road.  The  event  seems as simple and direct a way as possible at addressing the great class and [...]

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Career Opportunities Available at Project for Public Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 8, 2007 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces is seeking to fill three positions: Executive Assistant; Associate, Marketing and Development; and Associate, Website and Database Manager.

Click here for the full job descriptions and information on how to apply.

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Greensboro’s New Center City Park is Open!

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 8, 2007 | Add Comment

The City of Greensboro held a ribbon cutting ceremony on December 1, 2006, to celebrate the opening of the new Center City Park, and the park has already been widely accepted by the community, and host to several large events and festivals.

Read more on how PPS worked with the City and community members [...]

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What a Bike-Friendly City Looks Like

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 7, 2007 | Add Comment

If bicyclists are given their own pathways, as pedestrians have with sidewalks, this healthy, efficient mode of transportation can take off as it has in Europe.

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Using Church Parking Lots As Catalyst For Downtown Redevelopment

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 4, 2007 | Add Comment

A program in Savannah is encouraging downtown churches to redevelop their parking lots to include needed affordable housing and neighborhood services.

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Philadelphia’s ‘Gridlock’ – Too Much Of A Good Thing?

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 4, 2007 | Add Comment

Center City’s narrow streets and dense concentration contribute to an exciting and walkable urban center. Yet, the increase in visitors and residents has resulted in an increase in the number of vehicles and delivery trucks in search of parking.

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People and Activity Bring Vitality to Communities

By joshkent on May 22, 2007 | Add Comment

Fred Kent believes that you can have the most attractively built community in the world, but if people don’t come together to mix in public spaces, it’s just dead space.

His theory is that attractive, non-automobile dominated public spaces layered with multi-use functions will pump vitality back into communities that have become too isolated.

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Main Street at Work: Shaping Neighborhood Commercial Centers around Places

By ksalay@pps.org on May 16, 2007 | Add Comment

On Tuesday, May 22nd, Cynthia Nikitin, Vice President with Project for Public Spaces (PPS) in New York City, will speak in Cleveland Heights, OH on the topic “Main Street at Work: Shaping Neighborhood Commercial Centers around Places.” The event will be held at Forest Hill Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd. (corner of Lee Blvd.) at [...]

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Campus Martius: Miracle on Woodward Avenue

By ksalay@pps.org on May 2, 2007 | Add Comment

Linda McIntyre, Detroit native and writer for Landscape Architecture, returns home to see whether Campus Martius lives up to its billing.

“If PPS ran television commercials for its philosophy of placemaking, one could be filmed at Campus Martius Park.”

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