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Coolest Subway Map Ever

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

(via Starts and Fits)

This is a great Google Maps mashup showing the subway system overlaid on the real NYC street map.

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Coolest Subway Map Ever

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

(via Starts and Fits)

This is a great Google Maps mashup showing the subway system overlaid on the real NYC street map.

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Planetizen’s Top Ten Planning Issues Of 2005

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

From eminent domain to “condofication”, Planetizen editors outline the top 10 planning issues from 2005.

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Ballparks Generate Little Return for Cities

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

Sports economists agree that cities–and taxpayers–get close to nothing from spending public money on sports teams. What they haven’t figured out is why we’re still doing it.

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Developers Covet Areas Surrounding National Parks

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

Across the country development is closing in on National Parks. Areas adjacent to parkland are seen as desirable as beachfront property, yet there is growing concern about the negative ‘edge effects’ that this development brings with it.

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Downtown Brooklyn Pedestrian Plaza in the works

By clucas@pps.org on Mar 21, 2006 | Add Comment

The New York City Department of Transportation today announced plans for a new pedestrian plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. The plaza will be created by closing Willoughby Street between Adams and Pearl Streets and the Adams Street Service Road at Willoughby Street and will enhance safety along the heavily trafficked pedestrian corridor. Plans for the new [...]

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Pedestrian Mall Removal Breathes New Life into Downtown Raleigh

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

Downtown Raleigh is rumbling back to life at last. With each new hole in the ground, the sound is building to a roar. The city counts nearly $1 billion in public and private investment either under way downtown or starting soon.

So what happened? Was it the decision to rip out the Fayetteville Street Mall, [...]

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