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UConn Decides to Build Its Own College Town

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 10, 2006 | 1 Comment

Colleges have traditionally tempted top students with ivy-covered campuses, towering Gothic buildings and up-to-date student centers. But nowadays, there is a sense that a beautiful campus is not enough. An alluring college town is seen as necessary as well.

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Appreciating Toronto’s Urban Square

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 8, 2006 | Add Comment

The hotter Toronto gets, the cooler Yonge-Dundas Square becomes.Though in the beginning it was much maligned, the city’s newest civic space is now one of its most popular. We have stopped worrying about what it isn’t — a park — and learned to appreciate it for what it is — an urban square.

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Toronto’s Bus Rapid Transit Success Story

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

Toronto’s suburban express-bus network has attracted attention from transit administrators from the U.S. due to its high-tech and rider-friendly service.

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France’s Pedestrian Utopia

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

The French city of Montpellier’s experiment in car-free planning is a future worth sharing, writes John Allemang in the Globe and Mail.

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The Future of Campuses

By stsay@pps.org on Aug 7, 2006 | Add Comment

In recent years a number of schools across the country, from large public universities to private institutions, have begun to rethink and revamp the current face of the college campus.

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Boston’s Greenway Projects Lose More Ground

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

“Fallout from the collapse of a Big Dig tunnel is expected to delay the opening of the first parks on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway by six months until next spring.

But even before the accident, another essential part of the Greenway — the cultural buildings that will provide recreational facilities and hide highway ramps [...]

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Farmers’ Market Played Role in Square’s Rejuvenation

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

“Street vendors might give the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market a feeling of the past, but the old-fashioned concept is synonymous with the present-day vibrancy of downtown Fayetteville (Arkansas).

It has brought crowds to the Square since the 1970 s, when citizens launched a renovation effort to salvage the area. As one has grown, so has the [...]

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New Spokane Convention Center – Worst Public Building in America?

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

A new convention center in Spokane, WA, is criticized for its lack of warm human scale, and out-of-the-way location. A local critic calls the project “a missed opportunity to add to downtown’s architecture,” and adds, “It gets my nomination as the worst public building in America.”

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Toronto Needs a “Department of Fun”

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 4, 2006 | Add Comment

“Toronto should be a city where it is possible, as in a mid-sized European town, to turn in any direction and see a building, statue, sculpture or fountain that provokes curiosity and rejuvenates the soul.”

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Farmers’ Market Generates Money for Local Economy

By ksalay@pps.org on Aug 4, 2006 | Add Comment

“A recently completed province-wide survey shows the local Farmers’ Market in Mission City, British Colombia, generates over $200,000 annually in the district.

…Hundreds of people attend the market each week, and the money spent circulates around the community about three or four times, and impacts local suppliers, businesses, restaurants and downtown merchants, noted the survey.”

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Chinese Cities Cracking Down on Pedestrians and Bicyles

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 26, 2006 | 1 Comment

Recent Chinese federal government policies touting cyclist- and pedestrian-friendly transportation contrast with the less hospitable stance taken by some major cities, who have taken to fining jaywalkers and bicyclers who violate traffic laws.

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Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 24, 2006 | Add Comment

“Some big American cities are flourishing as at no time in recent memory. Places like New York and San Francisco appear to be richer and more dazzling than ever: crime remains low, new arrivals pour in, neighborhoods have risen from the dead.

But middle-class city dwellers across the country are being squeezed.

This time, they [...]

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