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Wish It Were Here

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

“Two blocks of well-loved green space next to New York’s main library should get Minneapolis thinking: Why not transform one or more of the surface parking lots next to its central library into an urban oasis?”  Bryant Park provides a model for Minneapolis to think about the backyard of its new downtown library.

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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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Bicycles No Longer Welcome in China’s Cities

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

Bill Donahue, a writer for Sierra Club, explores Shanghai by bike to experience first-hand China’s shift from the “kingdom of bicycles” to the world’s second-largest car market.

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Security Measures are “Sucking the Soul out of Urban Life”

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

“American architecture is still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. Critics and architects say that security now trumps design, as barricades and mall-like plazas are sucking the soul out of urban life.”

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New Orleans’ French Market Breaks Ground on Shed Restoration

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

“After three years of studying ways to restore the authenticity of New Orleans’ renowned open-air market, members of the French Market Corp. and the City Council broke ground Thursday on a $5 million project to revitalize the French Quarter landmark.

The two-phase project, which will take between eight to 10 months to complete, will include [...]

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Learning from Portland: Linking Land Use and Transportation

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

A film documenting Portland’s success in moving people from cars to public transportation is airing on British television.

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Voters Push for Rapid Rail in Detroit

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

Rapid bus systems recently received landslide victories in a number of counties near Detroit, Michigan, and the public support is helping to convince local politicians that the time may be right to build a rapid rail line from Detroit to Ann Arbor.

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Why “The Market” Alone Can’t Save Local Agriculture

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

An article from Grist Magazine that examines local food systems and the economics of small farms and farmers markets.

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Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards Development Lacking in Public Park Space

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

Critics of the plan argue that the open space will function as private areas for residents of the new residential towers.

“A lot of the corridors are matched up with building entrances and areas that seem like outdoor lobbies,” said Andy Wiley-Schwartz, vice-president at Project for Public Spaces.

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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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The Good Life in Havana: Cuba’s Green Revolution

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

Twenty years ago, following the collapse of the Soviet empire, Fidel Castro’s small island faced a food crisis. Today, its network of small urban farmers is thriving, an organic success story that is feeding the nation.

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New Market in Minneapolis is More than a Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 11, 2006 | 1 Comment

The 2-month-old Midtown Global Market, in one of the nation’s most ethnically diverse neighborhoods, is a place where patrons can hear music or play chess, as well as shop and blend cultures. Its opening revitalizes 58,000 square feet of an abandoned Sears building and helps re-energize an area best known a decade ago for its [...]

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