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An Architect and a Choreographer Collaborate to Streamline the Airport Experience.

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

Architect and set designer David Rockwell collaborated with Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell on his latest project, the new JetBlue Airways terminal being built at JFK airport.  The two men examined the “choreography” of public spaces, and used the teachings of William H. Whyte as inspiration.

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Street Markets ‘More Powerful Than Supermarkets’

By ksalay@pps.org on May 31, 2006 | Add Comment

“Local street markets generate twice as many jobs as big supermarkets and sell goods at half the price of the supposedly cut-price retail giants, research shows.

Planning decisions that favour the building of huge outlets over established smaller markets could result in fewer jobs and less choice for local communities, a report by the think-tank [...]

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Jane Jacobs’ Book on the Urban Life Cycle and Community Issues Still Resonates 45 Years Later

By ksalay@pps.org on May 31, 2006 | Add Comment

Jane Jacobs, who died last month at age 89, is best known as the author of the influential 1961 book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” Much of what she wrote is still relevant to 21st century challenges and discourse about smart growth, planning and land use regulation, urban revitalization, historic preservation and [...]

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Architect Looks Beyond New Urbanism’s ‘Fake Facade’

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

“San Diego architect Teddy Cruz, and his firm Estudio Teddy Cruz, have been working along the Mexican border for years. Cruz’s newest design is for two affordable housing and community center schemes for immigrants in the border town of San Ysidro, California. The plan was developed with non-profit community center, Casa Familiar, whose client base [...]

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A Mixed-use, Walkable Development Arrives In Atlanta

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

The success of Atlantic Station, a large scale mixed-use urban development, proves the need for a more pedestrian friendly environment in auto-dominated Atlanta.

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Vendors Fear Nashville Farmers Market May Cut Roots

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

The Nashville Farmers Market’s new director says the market has to change to survive, but some merchants think he just wants to see them and their low-income customers go away.

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The Dosa Man’s New Grill

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

PPS’s favorite street vendor, the Dosa Man of Washington Square Park (a.k.a. Kumar) shows off his new grill.  In the program of the Vendy Awards last fall, Kumar said he wanted to get a new grill with more space, so that his customers don’t have to wait in such a long line. Now able [...]

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Farmers’ Markets Go Beyond Green

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

Next month, two outdoor food markets will open in Lower Manhattan. Every Saturday, these “hybrid” markets, like weekly markets in Europe, will offer more diverse products than a strictly defined farmers’ market. With local makers of guacamole and sorbet selling alongside organic farmers, Nina Planck, former director of the New York City Greenmarkets, is striking [...]

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Public Space to be Cut in Washington Square Park

By ngrossman@pps.org on May 24, 2006 | Add Comment

Another round of controversy concerning the Parks Department’s redesign of Washington Square Park.

This time, the issue at hand is the amount of plaza space in the center of the park.  The latest lawsuit brought against the plan claims that the new plan will reduce the size of the central plaza (surrounding the fountain) by [...]

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Reclaiming the Heart of the City

By ksalay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Urban planning theories are meaningless without citizens involved in their community.

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Latest Surge in Fuel Costs Leads Americans to Re-Examine Alternative Transportation

By ksalay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work.
Cycling to work is just one way Americans are seeking relief from skyrocketing gas prices. People who normally drive to work are riding public buses and trains, working [...]

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Engineering Conflict

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

What are we really arguing about when we argue about architecture?

This week’s New York Times Magazine features this and other articles on architecture: Architecture 2006.

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