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University of Calgary West Campus Plans Unveiled

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2007 | Add Comment

The master plan for the development of University of Calgary’s West Campus was revealed at two open houses.  Bill Chomik, principal architect, said “It will be very mixed-use–everything will be there and it will have the flavour of a university town.”

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Bike Activists Paint Their Own Bike Lanes

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2007 | Add Comment

After Toronto’s plan to add bike lanes falls behind schedule, cycling activists paint their own bike lanes.

“The city is taking way too long…Why don’t they just paint the bike lanes? People are dying.”

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Presidents and Architecture

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

FDR shaped the Pentagon, and two of the founding fathers were amateur architects who built their own residences.  Why haven’t more presidents taken an interest in architecture?

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Competing Visions for NYC’s Governors Island

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

The five proposals for Governors Island hold clues to what’s right and wrong about how public space is designed.

“All five concepts are thoughtful approaches to a complex design problem. And the emphasis on public space is reassuring; responses to the agency’s earlier requests for proposals typically included more commercial development. But the five [...]

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Hong Kong’s Street Markets at Risk

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

While neighborhood farmer’s markets are all the rage in the U.S., redevelopment officials in Hong Kong are making plans to raze of the city’s oldest open-air food markets — which is falling victim to gentrification.  Learn more here.

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Caring for New York City’s Emerging Waterfront Parks and Public Spaces

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

New York City’s tremendous success in revitalizing its waterfront will require about $ 100 million a year to meet new management and operating needs, according a new report by Regional Plan Association.  Close to 700 acres and 58 miles of new waterfront parks, greenways and other public spaces are being created in all five [...]

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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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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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In Palermo, Life Vibrates in a Fading Market

By ksalay@pps.org on May 22, 2007 | Add Comment

After 700 years, a Sicilian market’s heart still beats. It’s a place where old men selling olives suddenly start singing their favorite arias.

Image (c) Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times

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Harvard Square Alley Becomes a Pedestrian Oasis

By ksalay@pps.org on May 18, 2007 | Add Comment

“The Brattle Walk isn’t an important place or, even, a remarkably beautiful one. It’s not going to appear in any books about great architecture. That’s not the point. It’s not about fame or fortune or what’s called “signature architecture.” It’s about how you make good cities by getting the small things right.”

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