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Jane Jacobs, Renowned Urban Activist, Dies at 89

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 25, 2006 | Add Comment

Jane Jacobs, the writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities, died today in Toronto, where she lived. She was 89.

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The Problem with Most High-rises is How Well they Reach the Street

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 25, 2006 | Add Comment

“Tall buildings affect cities in two different ways that have almost nothing to do with each other. One is as sculptural objects framed in the sky, where their impact is artistic or symbolic. The other is where the buildings meet the ground and create either pleasant or oppressive spaces where people walk and congregate. Architects [...]

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Immigration Rallies Remind Us Why Public Spaces Are Vital

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 24, 2006 | Add Comment

Recent demonstrations and immigration rallies have proved that public spaces are very much alive.

“These are the nation’s civic squares. This is a way of expressing things on a massive leve,” said Fred Kent, president of the Project for Public Spaces.

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The Flaneur is Alive and Sauntering in the Modern Metropolis

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 21, 2006 | Add Comment

The art of the flaneur – wandering aimlessly around the city, observing its daily rhythms – has been revived by photobloggers.

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PPS goes to Elmira

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 18, 2006 | Add Comment

Next Wednesday, PPS’s Andy Wiley-Schwartz will deliver the keynote address at the Elmira, NY Downtown Development annual meeting. His talk will kick off PPS’s work on the Railroad Avenue Promenade project. Over the next several months, PPS will be working with the citizens of Elmira to develop placemaking ideas for the area underneath this downtown [...]

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Improving Midland’s Public Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

Fred Kent and Ethan Kent met with community leaders in Midland, MI, to discuss how to create a city of well-connected, well-planned destinations that are engaging to people of all ages.

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Mississauga square plan hailed

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

A follow-up article in the Toronto Star finds broad support from residents and experts alike for the Placemaking approach to revitalization taken in Mississauga, Canada’s 6th largest city. For related story, see “Making a square dance in Mississauga.”

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Making a square dance in Mississauga

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is nearing completion on an effort to help the city of Mississauga, Canada, activate its empty city plazas and streets. PPS staff Cynthia Nikitin and Phil Myrick worked with Fred Kent to develop a program for revitalizing the public spaces in and around downtown, including concepts for a new park and as well as [...]

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Ballparks Generate Little Return for Cities

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 23, 2006 | Add Comment

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.

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Downtown Brooklyn Pedestrian Plaza in the works

By clucas@pps.org on Mar 21, 2006 | Add Comment

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 [...]

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Upcoming PPS Training Courses

By ngrossman@pps.org on Mar 21, 2006 | Add Comment

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 [...]

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Pedestrian Mall Removal Breathes New Life into Downtown Raleigh

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 20, 2006 | Add Comment

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, [...]

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