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This new market by the river in Prague revitalizes an underperforming public space.

Farmers Markets Take Off in Prague

By Megan MacIver on May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
In just twelve months, the number of markets featuring local producers in the Prague has grown from zero to more than twenty!
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A Focus on Place for Downtown Baltimore’s New Open Space Plan

By Megan MacIver on Mar 1, 2011 | 5 Comments
How a BID used workshops, experts, and new digital engagement methods to create a broad community vision and re-imagine public space in a 125 block downtown area.
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The Fight for More Public Space: A Community-Led Campaign For A New Park in Jackson Heights, NYC

By Hannah Aronshtein on Feb 14, 2011 | Add Comment
To overcome a lengthy review process standing in the way of plans for a park, the local community is using a different funding model to build a new public space.
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Nominate Your Public Space for the ULI Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award

By Megan MacIver on Jan 26, 2011 | Add Comment
The award is a $10,000 cash prize for an outstanding public destination in the United States that has enriched and revitalized its surrounding community. The application deadline is February 18, 2011.
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PPS sees a bright future for this square as a meeting place for the many different cultures in Amsterdam

Placemaking Spurs Low-Cost, High Impact Improvements to a Diverse Public Square in Amsterdam

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
As urban populations everywhere continue to diversify, creating thriving, inclusive public spaces is essential to ensuring livable, sustainable cities of the future.
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Houston Celebrates the Grand Opening of Downtown’s New Market Square

By Megan MacIver on Nov 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

“This is the perfect park: it has history, it has green space, it has food, it has places for the pets, it has places for kids to play, it has art- this is going to be the heart of this area- and the events that we do here are going to be that heart beat!“  [...]

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The Market in Pittsburgh's Market Square draws visitors from around the region to wander its colorful stalls each Thursday

Pittsburgh’s Market Square Opens This Week

By Megan MacIver on Oct 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

Earlier this week, a Grand Re-Opening Ceremony for Pittsburgh’s Market Square kicked off a new, exciting chapter of the city’s downtown history.  The ceremony, attended by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and other public officials, marked the culmination of years of public process and $5 million investment in the area; guided and initiated by PPS’ [...]

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Park features like this fountain at Discovery Green keep visitors of all ages coming back to Houston's once desolate downtown core.

PPS Park Projects Spur Downtown Development in Houston and Detroit

By Megan MacIver on Aug 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
A recent Washington Post article by JoAnne Greco of The City Traveller focuses on the power of parks to spur economic growth.
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Announcing the “What Makes Your Place Great? Your Secret Corner of Chicagoland” Contest

By Megan MacIver on Jun 10, 2010 | Add Comment

PPS is excited to announce a new contest hosted by the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) aimed to uncover and celebrate Chicago’s most beautiful and vibrant “undiscovered” places.  The Chicago region is known for well-used plazas, parks, sidewalks and gardens that bring it to life. Many of these special places are tucked away in the hearts [...]

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Circling the Square: A First-Hand Account of Placemaking in Action

By Craig Raphael on Jun 2, 2010 | Add Comment

PPS works with thousands of people every year to help them improve their communities, and one of our most powerful tools is the place game. A short survey used to evaluate public spaces based on four criteria–access and linkages, uses and activities, comfort and image, and sociability–the place game generates valuable insights about how to [...]

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One of the "placeless" blocks of Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway

Rose Kennedy Greenway “A Design Disaster”

By Ethan Kent on Apr 30, 2010 | 5 Comments

Jane Jacobs made famous the isolating effect of Boston’s Central Artery on Boston’s North End.   As she is celebrated this weekend with Jane’s Walks around the world, the situation in Boston reminds us that few of her lessons have truly been learned by the professionals planning cities today.

As Jane Jacobs said, [...]

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Relaxing on the new deck underneath the historic "Auction Oaks"

Austin Republic Square Becomes a Great Place through Partnerships

By Craig Raphael on Apr 27, 2010 | Add Comment

Republic Square in Austin, Texas has a long and storied history. The first city blocks were auctioned there under live oak trees in the summer of 1839; patriotic Mexican celebrations were staged during the First World War; cars were invited to park in the 1950s, only to be sent away twenty-seven years later when the [...]

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