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Public Wants Space, Not Style, Architects Told

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 23, 2007 | Add Comment

Policymakers are ignoring the wishes of local people and exaggerating the importance of “metropolitan” urban design in creating successful public spaces, according to a new report, the Social Value of Public Spaces.

“Most public spaces that people use are local spaces they visit regularly, often quite banal in design, or untidy in their activities [...]

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New Thinking About Bicycles: ‘Complete Streets’

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 19, 2007 | Add Comment

Louisville has adopted a “complete streets” policy which makes the provision of sidewalks, bike lanes and bus stops mandatory. Neal Peirce discusses the plan in his column, and offers some international examples.

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Can New Architecture Create Successful Places?

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 19, 2007 | Add Comment

Kathy Madden, Senior Vice President of PPS, is participating in Planetizen’s Interchange blog series.  In her second entry, Kathy answers the question, does a building need to be old or look historic to create a sense of place?

Kathy compares the ground floor design and management of Country Club Plaza in Kansas City and [...]

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Locals Chime in on Solana Beach’s Livability

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Apr 5, 2007 | Add Comment

PPS led a Placemaking workshop in Solana Beach, CA, on March 17. Participants focused on areas around Cedros Avenue and Highway 101. Suggested improvements included wider sidewalks, more crosswalks on Highway 101, and sitting areas around the pedestrian bridges.

The event was filmed and will be a part of a documentary produced by University of [...]

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Robert Moses Reconsidered: Blight is in the Eye of the Beholder

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 3, 2007 | Add Comment

PPS Board Member Roberta Brandes Gratz reminds us what was lost when Robert Moses deemed areas ‘slums’ and tore them down in this piece from City Limits.

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Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 29, 2007 | Add Comment

On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of high-tech bicycle stations scattered throughout the city, an ambitious program to cut traffic, reduce pollution, improve parking and enhance the city’s image as a greener, quieter, more relaxed place.

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Interview with Fred Kent in Urban Land

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 21, 2007 | Add Comment

This interview with Fred Kent appeared in the February 2007 issue of Urban Land:

“As an internationally known advocate for public spaces, Fred Kent, founder of the New York-based  Project for Public Spaces (PPS), sees cities – and the people who inhabit them – through the measured senses of an urban provocateur.”

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Nine Ways to Transform New York into a City of Great Places

By joshkent on Mar 8, 2007 | Add Comment

Although New York prides itself on its public life, New Yorkers inhabit a public realm that pales beside what it could become. “After working in cities around the world, we’ve developed a rich understanding of public spaces that begs to be put to use back in our home town,” explains PPS President Fred Kent. “New [...]

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Fred Kent on What Makes a Great Waterfront – Radio Interview

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 1, 2007 | Add Comment

Listen to Fred Kent discuss what makes a great waterfront on San Diego’s KPBS.

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Tempe Seeks a Walkable Downtown

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 1, 2007 | Add Comment

At a public meeting in Tempe, AZ, PPS Vice President Phil Myrick recommended that the city create a network of pedestrian walkways to connect the area’s destinations.

Image (c) Andrea Bloom / The State Press

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Toward An Architecture Of Place

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 27, 2007 | Add Comment

Kathy Madden, Senior Vice President of PPS, is participating in Planetizen’s Interchange series.  Read her first entry, which looks at several major new museums in European cities that are brutal, dehumanizing buildings surounded by dead spaces.

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Latinos and Planning: The Road Ahead

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 26, 2007 | 2 Comments

With the Latino population growing tremendously, it’s time to begin addressing the shortcomings in the practice of planning regarding this key demographic.

In an op-ed from Planetizen, Leonardo Vazquez explores the Biggest challenges facing Latino communities.

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