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David Barley Chooses Place Over Space

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 6, 2005 | Add Comment

PPS is working with David Barley, founder of the Palm Beach Land Trust, to improve the public spaces in Orlando, FL. In this interview, David discusses how he is working with PPS to apply the principals of Placemaking to foster community development and create destinations in Downtown Orlando.

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Five Ways to a Great Place

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 25, 2005 | 5 Comments

Kathy Madden explains why some parks, main streets, and other public spaces become alive with activity and fun, while others become magnets for crime or sit empty. Here are five qualities that divide a great place from the other kind.

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Orlando Developers Should Create More Inviting Places

By ksalay@pps.org on May 11, 2005 | Add Comment

Fred Kent visited Orlando in the late 1980′s and recommended that the city create places where people can gather and enjoy themselves. Two decades later, he says the town center still does not have these community gathering places.

“He spoke Tuesday to about 150 downtown leaders about the need to make the urban core more [...]

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PPS Holds Public Workshop in Houston to Design Downtown Park

By ksalay@pps.org on May 7, 2005 | Add Comment

PPS holds a public workshop in Houston to bring together community members to discuss ideas for reshaping the downtown park.

The site is currently comprised of several parking lots and a small green space. Community members will have a chance to give their input on the uses and activities they would like to see in [...]

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Reawakening in Seattle

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 27, 2005 | Add Comment

Working on two prominent Seattle parks, PPS is in the thick of community efforts to help the city’s public spaces fulfill their promise.

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People Places

By ngrossman@pps.org on Apr 23, 2005 | 3 Comments

In this month’s KLM “Holland Herald,” Fred Kent answers the question: “What makes us return to a city?” In short, local flavor, small businesses, and great neighborhoods distinguish truly great places from one-trick ponies.

This begs the question: What is the world’s most re-visitable city (and why)?

(for inspiration, try our Great Public Spaces [...]

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Anchorage Park Closer to Becoming a Reality

By bfried@pps.org on Mar 5, 2005 | Add Comment

Plans are moving forward to adopt PPS’s recommendations for a new park in midtown Anchorage that will attract people winter and summer.

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Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY

By ngrossman@pps.org on Feb 10, 2005 | Add Comment

This success story, in which PPS participated, demonstrates the powerful benefits of a Placemaking approach to transportation.

From the January 2005 ITE Journal:

“The Clinton Square Improvement Project had been a dream of the City of Syracuse, NY, USA, for more than 40 years. The reconstruction of Clinton Square showed that CMAQ funding could be [...]

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Excitement Builds Around Detroit’s Campus Martius

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 20, 2004 | Add Comment

PPS’s work on the new Campus Martius in Downtown Detroit is recognized as an architectural highlight of 2004.

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Plan Would Make Seattle’s Freeway Park More People Friendly

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 15, 2004 | Add Comment

PPS visited Seattle to help the community develop a vision for how to revitalize the park.
Fred Kent’s interview with the Seattle Post Intelligencer.

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