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Are New York City’s Blocks Turning Into Shopping Malls?

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 6, 2007 | Add Comment

A new book The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World’s Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town? examines the issues surrounding gentrification of New York City’s neighborhoods.

“On the one hand, we like the abundance of restaurants and stores on almost every major street and avenue in Manhattan, as well as the revitalized [...]

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London Mayor Unveils Climate Change Plan

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 6, 2007 | Add Comment

“London Mayor Ken Livingstone has called on Londoners and businesses to unite in the fight against global warming.

Unveiling his Climate Change Action Plan, the mayor appealed to people to stop wasting energy.

By 2025 he wants 25% of London’s electricity supply to be from local combined heat and power systems.”

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Mega-cities, Mega-problems

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 5, 2007 | Add Comment

Billions in the developing world are shifting from rural to urban areas, bringing poverty to dangerous new levels, writes Nicolas P. Retsinas in an op-ed from the Los Angeles Times.

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Neighbors Battle Over Pocket Parks In Seattle

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 5, 2007 | Add Comment

Homeowners in Seattle are trying to retain use of public land along the city’s shorelines, but park advocates want the land for exclusive public use.

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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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Investing in Parks Offers Excellent Economic, Social Returns

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

The Texas Park and Recreation Foundation released a study on the impact of local parks across the state.  The study found that parks lead to the creation of more than 45,600 jobs through their maintenance and operations activity, capital investment and direct tourism.

View the study on the foundation’s website: www.tprfoundation.org

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Pike Place Market Discontinues CSA Program

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

The popular Market Basket program at Pike Place Market was in such disarray last summer that some farmers quit and others planned to picket the downtown public market, frustrated over how the program was run.

Still, many were surprised two weeks ago when Pike Place Market council members voted to discontinue the Community Supported [...]

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Promoting Neighborhood-centered Schools

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

Planning Director Gail Goldberg and child advocate Yolie Flores Aguilar discuss the movement to make schools more than just places to store kids for eight hours a day.

“If we do not plan for schools to be the joint-use centers of our neighborhoods now, we will be forced to address it later and to [...]

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Planning and the “New People Power”

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

“The relationship between ordinary people and their local government is changing. Citizens may have less time for public life, but they bring more knowledge and skills to the table.  They feel more entitled to the services and protection of government, and yet have less faith that government will be able to deliver on those [...]

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Plan for Phoenix’s Patriots Square touches nerve

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

“The fight for Patriots Square is getting just a little ugly.

After months of public discussion, developers of a proposed $900 million mixed-use retail project in downtown Phoenix have unveiled a new plan for the oft-maligned town square.

Unfortunately for them, the design was met with a healthy dose of skepticism and, in many [...]

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Big TOD Project Breaks Ground In L.A.

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

Ground has been broken on an expansive transit-oriented development in the heart of Hollywood. A new hotel, apartment complex, and shopping center are part of the project, which is situated above one of L.A.’s subway stations.

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How Do We Make Drivers Respect Communities?

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 12, 2007 | Add Comment

Ethan Kent writes on the dramatic increase in traffic in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and asks, how do we get drivers to respect the communities they are driving through?

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