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Good Management Recommended for Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 19, 2006 | Add Comment

Attentive management — not major redesign — is what’s needed to help Downtown’s beleaguered Market Square develop into a place where people want to spend time.

That was the consensus that the Project for Public Spaces presented at the Harris Theater on Tuesday, after six weeks of soliciting input from Pittsburghers and studying the historic, [...]

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Cynthia Nikitin on Reclaiming Cities for People: CBC Radio Interview

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 19, 2006 | Add Comment

Cynthia Nikitin, Vice President of Project for Public Spaces and Director of the Civic Centers Program, discusses the importance of involving the community in revitalizing cities and neighborhoods, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Houston Downtown Park Groundbreaking: “Discovery Green”

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 18, 2006 | 1 Comment

The Houston Downtown Park Conservancy held a Groundbreaking Ceremony and name announcement for Houston’s new Downtown Park on October 17, 2006. The project will transform an area that is currently underused green space and parking lots into an oasis for Downtown Houston.  PPS worked with the Conservancy and the community in 2005 to [...]

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Fashion Show will Stay in Bryant Park for Now

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 13, 2006 | Add Comment

Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that while Fashion Week events have outgrown Bryant Park, more time is needed to find another home. The Mayor stepped in and reserved the Park for Fashion Week in February, 2007, rather than allowing a public ice skating rink to remain open throughout the winter months.

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Position Available: Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager,

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 10, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is seeking a Transportation and Placemaking Project Manager in its transportation line of business. Candidates should have experience in several of the following areas: transportation and land use planning and/or policy, TOD, transportation facility design, public participation and facilitation, community development, redevelopment and real estate development market analysis. The selected candidate will report to [...]

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2007 Rudy Bruner Award – Call for Entries

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 27, 2006 | Add Comment

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2007 RUDY BRUNER AWARD

About the Rudy Bruner Award:

The Rudy Bruner Award is given to urban places that demonstrate the successful integration of effective process, meaningful values and good design. RBA winners are distinguished by their social, economic and contextual contributions to the urban environment, and often provide innovative solutions [...]

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A Parking Spot Squat in Midtown Manhattan

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 22, 2006 | 1 Comment

Yesterday members of Transportation Alternatives staged a parking squat – a “quasi-legal reclamation of urban street space in which a metered, curbside parking spaces are transformed into urban parkland complete with sod, benches, trees and human beings.”

These events always evoke strong reactions – as evident in the comments posted to StreetsBlog.

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Downtown Mississauga – Removed from PPS’s Hall of Shame!

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

In 2005, PPS began working with the City of Mississauga to help grow a lively downtown that appeals to a growing downtown population.  Even before the ink was dry on our final report and concepts, the city had formed a new department, Building a City for the 21st Century. The department has been busy [...]

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Bryant Park Says Fashion Shows Need to Move

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

“Bryant Park, which has been home to the massive spring and fall fashion shows, is pulling out the welcome mat.” – New York Business.com

Last year, Bryant Park installed an ice skating rink that was free to the public – and much more popular than the exclusive private fashion shows. This February Bryant Park may [...]

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Fight Brewing Over Patriots Square Park, Phoenix

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

After years of grumbling, this much-maligned public space in at the heart of Phoenix is on the verge of a makeover.  But the proposed design has ignited controversy with people who either want the park saved as is or who want it redeveloped, but not in the way that is on the table.

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PPS Developing Open Space Plan for Tempe, AZ

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 18, 2006 | Add Comment

As buildings inch upward and outward in Tempe, AZ, Project for Public Spaces, is devising a way for the city to preserve the areas in between – making sure there are pockets of shade and places to linger for residents, tourists and employees.

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Imagining a New Square in Downtown Pittsburgh

By ksalay@pps.org on Sep 14, 2006 | 1 Comment

PPS held a community workshop to kick-off a process to revitalize Pittsburgh’s Downtown Market Square.

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