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Less Green at the Farmers’ Market

By ksalay@pps.org on May 15, 2007 | Add Comment

An op-ed from the New York Times on possible changes to the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program in the 2007 Farm Bill, and how this could impact farmers’ markets.

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Flames Sear Historic Market — Why We Care So Much

By ksalay@pps.org on May 15, 2007 | Add Comment

“Flames soared through the high roof of the 134-year-old Eastern Market as firefighters struggled to control the conflagration. By dawn on April 30, about $30 million in damage was incurred.

Immediately, public grief welled up. Throngs flocked to the site seven blocks east of the U.S. Capitol, comforting themselves and the distraught vendors of meats, [...]

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Seattle Art Museum: A Paean to Art, Not the Architect

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

American museums, still flush with expansion fever, have become more convinced than ever that real estate is destiny. Every museum in the country seems to be opening a new wing or a satellite building or scouting locations for one. And the recent news that the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has hired Renzo [...]

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Construction Begins On Nation’s Largest Park For Disabled Children

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

In California, a huge team of volunteers is building the nation’s largest playground for disabled children, equipped with slides and ramps wide enough for wheelchairs, rubber ground padding, and textured play surfaces for blind children.

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On the Rise in American Cities: the Car-free Zone

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

Pedestrians, bicyclists, and joggers are king of the road – at least sometimes – as more US cities ban autos from parks or designated districts.

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Jan Gehl Undertakes 10-month Study in Sydney, Australia

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

One of the world’s most eminent urban planners has been asked if he would help rescue the exhaust-filled canyons of central Sydney from the motor car.  Professor Jan Gehl and his team will undertake a 10-month study to find a way to give back the city to pedestrians and cyclists.

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Eastern Market in DC Badly Damaged by Fire

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 30, 2007 | Add Comment

The historic Eastern Market, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, was badly damaged by a fire that apparently started in a dumpster.

Most of the southern half of the building was gutted by the fire, and all the vendors in the hall will be temporarily displaced.  Many are already calling for federal funding to [...]

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Bike Stations Encourage Cyclists with Showers and Valet Parking

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 26, 2007 | 1 Comment

Cities across California are taking extra steps to encourage people to use their bikes, offering such services as full-service bike stations equipped with showers, and even valet bike parking.

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You Are What You Grow

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

This article in from the NY Times looks at why a person’s wealth is the most reliable predictor of obesity in America, and what the farm bill has to do with it.

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Turning Neighborhood Streets Into Shared Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 25, 2007 | Add Comment

“We should learn to build villages in the way they were built in the past,” says Hans Monderman, the Dutch engineer seen as the father of Shared Space. He is not advocating unpaved roads, horse-drawn transport and reinstating stocks – he just wants neighbourhoods that work for everyone, satisfying residents as well as moving [...]

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Decongestion: Five Innovations in Urban Transportation That You Won’t Find In America, Yet

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

Josh Jackson, an intern with PPS, writes:

“Cities around the world are leaps and bounds ahead of America when it comes to issues of urban transit. Though this country is woefully lagging, it’s a rare example of when falling behind actually works in your favor: as U.S. cities work to update their transportation systems [...]

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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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