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GREAT PUBLIC SPACES: Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Brooklyn, NY)

By Brian Geraghty on Dec 17, 2008 | 2 Comments

What: A promenade extending about five blocks from Remsen St to Orange St along the East River.

Why it Works:

This exclusively pedestrian walkway offers majestic views of downtown Manhattan, the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge. Lined with flowerbeds, playgrounds, and two rows of benches, the park is a favorite destination for joggers, walkers [...]

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Boulder Recruits PPS to Ready its Central Park for Public Demand

By Brian Geraghty on Dec 12, 2008 | Add Comment

Residents of Boulder, CO are not homebodies, and getting them to use the outdoor resources they have isn’t an issue. In fact, the city’s Central Park is in need of a bit of an upgrade due to the immense use it already gets!  (If only every park had this problem…)

The Boulder Parks Department will [...]

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GREAT PUBLIC SPACES: Al-Azhar Park (Cairo, Egypt)

By Brian Geraghty on Dec 5, 2008 | Add Comment

What: A new hilltop park in the midst of one of Cairo’s most interesting neighborhoods.

Why it Works:

In transforming such a large part of Cairo, which was for so long used as an open dump, the impact of Al-Azhar Park on the city is tremendous. It has been planned with a multitude of activities [...]

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Charlotte Settles on Series of Parks for Downtown Revitalization

By Brian Geraghty on Dec 4, 2008 | Add Comment

The town of Charlotte has developed a ten-year plan for the revitalization of its downtown cultural district that focuses on park development.  Based on earlier work with PPS, the town has been soliciting feedback and input from residents for months.  As a result, Charlotte has settled on incorporating a series of smaller parks as a [...]

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Market Square Readying for Revitalization

By Robin Lester on Dec 3, 2008 | Add Comment

A few years ago, a Houston local improvement coalition (MSMRA, the Main Street/Market Square Redevelopment Authority; and the area TIRZ, the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Three) hired PPS to analyze Market Square, one of the city’s downtown parks.  A “dead” space downtown lacking activities, the site was often described as being lifeless and creepy, [...]

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PPS Works in Charlotte

By Brian Geraghty on Nov 18, 2008 | Add Comment

PPS has just begun a collaboration with the town of Charlotte, NC to develop open space and parks in the town’s Uptown Cultural District. They are not only open to suggestions but actively soliciting feedback from residents.

Recent suggestions include a large park for concerts and festivals, incorporating bike and pedestrian friendly transit, and building [...]

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PPS Does Parking Day!

By Robin Lester on Sep 18, 2008 | Add Comment

Park(ing) Day is an international event that reclaims over 200 parking spots in 50 cities around the world and transforms them into engaging public spaces for one day a year. In NYC, this event creates small, temporary public spaces that provide a breath of relief from the auto-clogged reality of the city. For more info [...]

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Cuddy Family Midtown Park Opens in Anchorage

By hmanshel@pps.org on Sep 2, 2008 | Add Comment

Photo Source: Anchorage Parks Foundation

The Master Plan that PPS proposed for Cuddy Family Midtown Park in Anchorage, Alaska in 2004 has been implemented. The Grand Opening ceremony for the park was held on August 23rd, 2008, and included activities such as live music and theater performances, [...]

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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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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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Fred Kent Speaks at Uncommon Ground Lecture Series

By Robin Lester on Jun 17, 2008 | Add Comment


On Monday, June 16th, PPS President Fred Kent delivered an inspiring lecture entitled “Creating Successful Parks, Squares, and Waterfronts” at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park.  Sponsored by the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, the lecture was part of its “Uncommon Ground” series, which features [...]

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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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