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Immigration Rallies Remind Us Why Public Spaces Are Vital

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

Recent demonstrations and immigration rallies have proved that public spaces are very much alive.

“These are the nation’s civic squares. This is a way of expressing things on a massive leve,” said Fred Kent, president of the Project for Public Spaces.

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In Rockville’s Public Square, Doing as the Romans

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

With comparisons to Piazza Campo del Fiori in Rome, a new public square in Rockville, MD, “will demonstrate why public open spaces conceived in the abstract, with design focused only on formal attributes, often yield dead spaces. To succeed, such spaces also must be enriched and enlivened by activity.

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PPS goes to Elmira

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 18, 2006 | Add Comment

Next Wednesday, PPS’s Andy Wiley-Schwartz will deliver the keynote address at the Elmira, NY Downtown Development annual meeting. His talk will kick off PPS’s work on the Railroad Avenue Promenade project. Over the next several months, PPS will be working with the citizens of Elmira to develop placemaking ideas for the area underneath this downtown [...]

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PPS Proposes Strategy to Transform Miami’s North Beach Parks

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

With the conceptualizing stage for an overhaul of North Beach’s oceanfront parks coming to a close, the budding project seems ready to proceed to the next step: finding a “world-class” designer to create a compelling master plan.

Last December, Project for Public Spaces conducted a two-day workshop to glean input from residents. The improvement plan [...]

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Improving Midland’s Public Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 17, 2006 | Add Comment

Fred Kent and Ethan Kent met with community leaders in Midland, MI, to discuss how to create a city of well-connected, well-planned destinations that are engaging to people of all ages.

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The Effect of Community Gardens on Neighboring Property Values

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

Community gardens add value to neighboring properties in New York City, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods, according to this NYU Law School publication.

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Mississauga square plan hailed

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

A follow-up article in the Toronto Star finds broad support from residents and experts alike for the Placemaking approach to revitalization taken in Mississauga, Canada’s 6th largest city. For related story, see “Making a square dance in Mississauga.”

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Making a square dance in Mississauga

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 14, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS is nearing completion on an effort to help the city of Mississauga, Canada, activate its empty city plazas and streets. PPS staff Cynthia Nikitin and Phil Myrick worked with Fred Kent to develop a program for revitalizing the public spaces in and around downtown, including concepts for a new park and as well as [...]

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Harvard Allston Master Plan

By pmyrick@pps.org on Apr 10, 2006 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces was engaged by Harvard University to apply its expertise in Placemaking to the problem of how to achieve a sense of place and an attractive, active environment at Harvard’s Allston campus. Cooper Robertson & Partners is leading the Allston Initiative Master Plan, with Gehry Partners, the Olin Partnership, and Chan, Kreiger [...]

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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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Upcoming PPS Training Courses

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

Project for Public Spaces invites you to its popular “How to Create Successful Public Markets” workshop on May 11-12, 2006 and “How to Turn a Place Around” workshop on May 4-5, 2006 in New York City.

HOW TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL MARKETS
www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/markets_training_course

Is a two-day workshop led by our own public [...]

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PPS Workshop in Delaney Strip Park, Anchorage

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

To help develop a plan for improvements to Delaney Strip Park in Anchorage, Alaska, the city parks department and PPS held a public workshop and invited residents to attend.

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