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Thinking Outside the Concert-hall Box

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

By bringing music to public spaces, composers are reaching audiences as diverse as the locales.

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Will Making Detroit Walkable Spur Its Resurgence?

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

“Key stakeholders in the City of Detroit are busy crafting a market-driven redevelopment plan for downtown Detroit. Central to the plan is fostering walkability in Detroit; an element many believe is a cornerstone to the city’s revitalization.”

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Farmers Adapting to Changing Times

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

“Just five years ago, fruit farmers William Schober Sons Inc. sold all their apples, peaches and nectarines on the wholesale market and dealt with the low prices they often got for the produce.

This season, the Monroeville farm only sold about 40 percent of the farm’s crop to wholesalers. Next season, it could be even [...]

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Bryant Park Says Fashion Shows Need to Move

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

“Bryant Park, which has been home to the massive spring and fall fashion shows, is pulling out the welcome mat.” – New York Business.com

Last year, Bryant Park installed an ice skating rink that was free to the public – and much more popular than the exclusive private fashion shows. This February Bryant Park may [...]

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Fight Brewing Over Patriots Square Park, Phoenix

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

After years of grumbling, this much-maligned public space in at the heart of Phoenix is on the verge of a makeover.  But the proposed design has ignited controversy with people who either want the park saved as is or who want it redeveloped, but not in the way that is on the table.

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Could the New York City Cab Ride be Better? Take the Taxi 07 Survey

By bfried@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

The non-profit Design Trust for Public Space has launched Taxi 07, a program of public events and publications to improve New York City cab design and the entire taxi system. The Taxi 07 Master Plan, to be published April 2007 in partnership with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), will outline the [...]

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How New York (and Other Big Cities) Should Solve the Traffic Problem

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 15, 2006 | Add Comment

“There are a few simple steps New York should take. The city has too many cars, and not enough streets and roadways to put them on. There needs to be fewer cars and more cyclists, pedestrians, and mass-transit riders.”

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Better Use of Public Buildings Can Boost City Centers

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

“The strategic location of a library at one end of a heritage block, and a smart wine shop at the other, can lead to an empty block becoming home to a coffee shop, a bakery, a cheese shop and a bookstore.

Public institutions like the Post Office, the library, and the liquor store have been [...]

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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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Public Transit Boom in the U.S.

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 7, 2006 | Add Comment

Congestion and gas prices are creating a boom for light rail and buses across the nation. Cities are using technology and imaginative enticements to counter Americans’ reluctance to abandon their cars.

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The Greening of Downtown Atlanta

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

The City of Atlanta and a host of nonprofit groups have begun what urban planners say is a singularly ambitious municipal undertaking, transforming a ring of mostly unused railroad track into a 22-mile loop for hikers and bikers; a mass transit route; and a green corridor that strings together many of the city’s parks and [...]

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Metro Triggers $1.5 Billion in Development in Phoenix

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 5, 2006 | Add Comment

After spurring $1.5 billion in development in Phoenix, the Metro light-rail system is moving eastward. The system is making big progress in Tempe, bringing the first proposed rail-related project to the area and driving a fury of property deals..

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