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Awakening to the Greenmarket: A Cook Obsessed

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

Celia Barbour, a chef who lives on Union Square in NYC, discusses her obsession with shopping at the Union Square Greenmarket, and discovering how to build a meal with seasonal items that come straight from the farm.

This piece is a part of Bringing it Home, a column on Greenmarket that will run weekly this [...]

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An Open Letter to Frank Gehry

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2006 | 3 Comments

“What’s wrong with the buildings Frank Gehry wants to put in my neighborhood?” asks Jonathan Lethem, a writer who lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn’s Trojan Horse

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Jun 26, 2006 | Add Comment

Brooklyn author Jonathan Letham writes to Frank Gehry, voicing his opposition to his partnership with Bruce Ratner on the Atlantic Yards stadium project proposed at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, in Brooklyn.

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A Revolutionary Change in Transportation Planning: The “Slow-Road” Movement

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

Overwhelmed by traffic congestion and sprawl, many states are looking for ways to narrow roads and slow cars, while adding bike lanes, trails, and other amenities.  This New York Times Magazine article discusses the growing movement in state DOTs, which PPS pioneered in New Jersey five years ago, and points to several new projects that [...]

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Enrique Penalosa Wows the World Urban Forum

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2006 | Add Comment

“Enrique Penalosa presided over the transition of a city that the world–and many residents–had given up on. Bogota had lost itself in slums, chaos, violence, and traffic. During his three-year term, Penalosa brought in initiatives that would seem impossible in most cities, even here in the wealthy north. He built more than a hundred nurseries [...]

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How New York Got its Groove Back …

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Jun 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Fixing the “broken windows” as an approach to improving a city.

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Minneapolis Could Learn from New York

By kziegenfuss@pps.org on Jun 23, 2006 | Add Comment

This editorial compares the current situation in Minneapolis with New York in the 1980′s, by signaling out the idea that the single most important feature of successful urban life is trusting the stranger.

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Stockholm Congestion Charge is Successful

By jmichaelson@pps.org on Jun 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Stockholm has managed to decrease the number of cars downtown, reduce traffic back-ups, increase transit use, improve road safety, clean the air, make a city a more pedestrian-friendly place — all while raising revenue for the city.

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Farmers Markets Add Spice to Urban Tables

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 22, 2006 | Add Comment

Not only do farmers markets provide fresh local produce to customers who are increasingly savvy concerning what they eat, they also provide a community gather place to neighborhoods. This article discusses the current issues as well as the history of farmers markets.

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New Film Shows Route to Livable, Gridlock-Free Streets

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

A new documentary Contested Streets explores ways cities around the world are breaking free from the chokehold of traffic, enhancing quality of life and environmental sustainability and allowing room for their economies to grow and flourish.  The film was produced by PPS’s partners in the NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign, Mark Gorton, director of the Lime [...]

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Parks Spring to Life from Cracked Asphalt

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 20, 2006 | Add Comment

“In a corner of Oakland, residents waged a seven-year battle to revive a litter-strewn, rundown park. Children wrote city officials and even gathered on the cracked asphalt, using chalk to draw their dreams of what the park could be. The renewed park opened in October.

Oakland’s success is being repeated in other cities as [...]

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Jane Jacobs: A Public Celebration

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 20, 2006 | Add Comment

Please join the Center for the Living City in celebrating the life of Jane Jacobs on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00 – 7:00, Washington Square Park, in front of the Arch, the site of her first victory over Robert Moses.

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