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The Suburbs Don’t Have to Be Boring

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 28, 2006 | Add Comment

With a few changes, suburbs could be good places to live and interesting places to explore, writes Lawrence Cheek for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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A Piazza for a Maryland Suburb

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 27, 2006 | Add Comment

Rockville’s new mixed-use downtown aims to avoid the ‘Anyplace U.S.A.’ look.

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Gulf Shores Grants Initial Approval to Mixed-Use Downtown Plan

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 3, 2006 | Add Comment

“At the base of Alabama 59, several lots once boasting beach houses, restaurants, bars, shops and small amusement parks sit empty, growing weeds as they have since Hurricane Ivan blew through in September 2004.

Though there have been delays…there is a plan in place to transform this central beach area from an intersection of two [...]

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Cynthia Nikitin on Reclaiming Cities for People: CBC Radio Interview

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 19, 2006 | Add Comment

Cynthia Nikitin, Vice President of Project for Public Spaces and Director of the Civic Centers Program, discusses the importance of involving the community in revitalizing cities and neighborhoods, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Cynthia Nikitin on Reclaiming Cities for People: CBC Radio Interview

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 19, 2006 | Add Comment

Cynthia Nikitin, Vice President of Project for Public Spaces and Director of the Civic Centers Program, discusses the importance of involving the community in revitalizing cities and neighborhoods, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Position Available: Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager,

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 10, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is seeking a Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager in its transportation line of business. Candidates should have experience in several of the following areas: transportation and land use planning and/or policy, TOD, transportation facility design, public participation and facilitation, community development, redevelopment and real estate development market analysis. The selected candidate will report to [...]

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2007 Rudy Bruner Award – Call for Entries

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 27, 2006 | Add Comment

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2007 RUDY BRUNER AWARD

About the Rudy Bruner Award:

The Rudy Bruner Award is given to urban places that demonstrate the successful integration of effective process, meaningful values and good design. RBA winners are distinguished by their social, economic and contextual contributions to the urban environment, and often provide innovative solutions [...]

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NYC Approves $1 Billion Film Production Center

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 13, 2006 | Add Comment

The New York City Council has approved a plan to build one of the largest film and television production centers on the east coast, a 2.7-million-square-foot studio, office, and residential facility in Long Island City, Queens.

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The Emerging Culture of Place

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 6, 2006 | Add Comment

In an era when cities and towns are changing rapidly, public spaces are the key to reviving civic engagement.  Fred Kent and Benjamin Fried look at how one city is making it happen, in the September 2006 issue of Municipal World.

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Mill Conversion Brings Mixed-Use Artist Village to City’s Main Street

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 29, 2006 | Add Comment

The conversion of a former 360,000-square-foot mill complex in Pawtucket, RI, into Hope Artiste Village will offer moderately priced artist studios, apartments, offices, restaurants, small businesses, a bakery, a courtyard theater and a sculpture garden, with Mayor James E. Doyle saying it’s “nothing new for us to transform vacant buildings into productive workplaces,” but this [...]

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A New Vision for a Toronto Industrial Site

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

Non-profit environmental organization Evergreen has plans to transform a 16 hectacre industrial site in the heart of Toronto into into a busy complex that includes markets, restaurants, teaching facilities, recreational opportunities and a green design showcase.

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Making Community Places in Del Mar, CA: A Message from the Mayor

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 14, 2006 | Add Comment

Crystal Crawford, mayor of Del Mar, CA, attended a presentation given by Fred Kent, President of Project for Public Spaces, and writes this of the experience:

“I was totally impressed by his presentation and struck by the possibilities for Del Mar.  I sat captivated by Mr. Kent’s description of what creates wonderful public spaces while [...]

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