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Chattanooga Parks to be Animated by Movable Furniture

By hmanshel@pps.org on Aug 22, 2008 | 4 Comments

 


Photo: www.chattanooga-charm.com

Chattanooga, Tennessee has taken a PPS recommendation to heart! Inspired by a speech by PPS Founder and President Fred Kent, the Chattanooga Department of Parks and Recreation announced that it will be installing multicolored steel tables and chairs in several of its waterfront [...]

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Revitalizing Cities with Streetcars

By Robin Lester on Aug 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

A recent New York Times article highlighted the resurgence of the street car in cities across America.  While extremely popular at the turn of the last century, many streetcar systems were dismantled in favor of the automobile.  Today, streetcars are being used to revitalize cities and recreate important connections between neighborhoods and services.
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Places in the News: August 18, 2008

By Robin Lester on Aug 18, 2008 | Add Comment
For the first time in more than 100 years, a market reopens on the location of Australia’s first public market [Parrametta Sun] Connecticut yearns for car-free streets and neighbor interaction in public spaces [The Herald] In London, Ontario, Nestle Water is protesting a ban on the sale of bottled water in [...]
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Places in the News: August 11, 2008

By Robin Lester on Aug 11, 2008 | Add Comment

This week’s most intriguing stories about urban planning, public spaces and citizen action.

Montreal vendors resist mandated Bud Light sales after business association forms exclusive partnership.  PPS Senior Vice President Steve Davies comments! [Globe and Mail] The Committee for Citizen Involvement in Oregon “is a process-oriented committee, providing resources and [...]
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NYC Places

By Robin Lester on Aug 5, 2008 | Add Comment

Most of us here at PPS live, work and play in New York City.  Here are a few tidbits from our corner of the world!

Art in Odd Places, an annual event dedicated to exploring the city’s public spaces using performance and installation art, will take place in October.  This year’s location [...]
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Places in the News: August 4, 2008

By Robin Lester on Aug 4, 2008 | Add Comment

This week’s most intriguing stories about urban planning, public spaces and citizen action.

 Creating public spaces for “invited art” may successfully reduce unwanted graffiti [Grits for Breakfast] Groundbreaking Urban Waterfront Revitalization Conference to be held in Washington State [Market Watch] Activists around the world are turning to “guerrilla gardening” as [...]
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Places in the News: July 28

By Robin Lester on Jul 23, 2008 | Add Comment

This week’s most intriguing stories about urban planning, public spaces and citizen action.

“Form Based Code” planning is being implemented in New England.  Is it all that different from Lifestyle Centers? [seacostonline.com] Will the country’s mortgage crisis derail urban renewal? [Planetizen] Farmer’s Market Champion brings healthy food to children [...]
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NYC DOT Launches New Public Plaza Program

By span@pps.org on Jul 16, 2008 | Add Comment

                                                  Photo Source: NYC DOT


      The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a program recently that will transform underused New York City streets into lively and social public plazas. The program calls [...]

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Final Designs for High Line park Revealed

By Robin Lester on Jun 26, 2008 | Add Comment

  

 

 

Photo: Design by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Courtesy of the City of New York.

 

Final designs for New York’s High Line park were released on Wednesday. The park, which will run from Gansevoort Street to 34th street [...]

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Cyclists Take to the Streets in NYC

By Robin Lester on Jun 25, 2008 | Add Comment

Following the lead of innovative cities such as Bogota, El Paso, Ottowa, Guadalajara and Paris, New York City is shifting its focus from cars to people on its streets.  Through its Summer Streets program, the city will close down a 6.9-mile stretch of road to cars on three consecutive Saturdays between the Brooklyn Bridge [...]

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Revolution in the Stacks

By Robin Lester on Jun 13, 2008 | Add Comment

In the June 2008 article, “Revolution in the Stacks,” Governing magazine discusses the creative methods being embraced by libraries around the country in order to retain users and woo a younger generation. Innovations include computer rooms that allow users to make and record music, play video games, and use digital photography [...]

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Road Diet, Parks Planned for the Bund in Shanghai

By mkodransky@pps.org on May 30, 2008 | Add Comment
Photo Courtesy of China Daily (April, 2006)

East-1 Zhongshan Road in Shanghai’s landmark Bund area is about to get a serious road diet. Decades ago, it was a tree-lined boulevard that served as a gateway to the region’s financial and global trade core. Today, it looks more like a moat full of vehicle [...]

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