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Why Parks are Important

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 31, 2007 | 1 Comment

No longer considered frills, green spaces are integral to intellectual and physical growth, writes Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star.

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PPS Takes Public Spaces Inventory of Fallon, Nevada

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 17, 2007 | Add Comment

Three urban planners from PPS visited Churchhill County and Fallon, NV, in an effort to inventory and assess local gathering places and destinations around town. 

Phil Myrick, vice president of PPS, and Elena Madison, assistant vice president, presented a list of sites they felt could be better utilized in Fallon. The team, [...]

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U.S. Cities Building More Parks and Public Spaces

By joshkent on Jun 29, 2007 | Add Comment

As cities are building new parks at a rate not seen for 100 years, the debate about what uses and activities to put in them is growing.

Phil Myrick, a PPS Vice President, comments on how PPS helped create a program of uses for a new park in Houston that will generate buzz in [...]

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Winners of Jane Jacobs Medal Announced

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 28, 2007 | Add Comment

After funding the research that helped Jane Jacobs produce her landmark book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” nearly 50 yeas ago, the Rockefeller Foundation has inaugurated the first Jane Jacobs Medals.

Barry Benepe, the 79-year-old founder of Greenmarket, will receive the first medal for “lifetime leadership.” Omar Freilla, the 33-year-old founder of [...]

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Study Criticizes NYC Parks Dept. Management

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 28, 2007 | Add Comment

The quality of the typical New York City park is determined largely by whether it is in a wealthy or poor neighborhood, according to a study to be released by a private nonprofit group today. The report also indicated that despite budget increases in recent years, the Parks Department is not doing enough strategic [...]

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Occidental Square Making a Comeback

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 26, 2007 | Add Comment

Seattle’s Occidental Square is making a comeback!

The square had long been an empty, dreary, underused space.  But recent renovations have brought new pavings, bocce ball courts, and a series of special events that are bringing people back to Occidental Square.

Read more about PPS’s involvement in the turnaround.

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Competing Visions for NYC’s Governors Island

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 20, 2007 | Add Comment

The five proposals for Governors Island hold clues to what’s right and wrong about how public space is designed.

“All five concepts are thoughtful approaches to a complex design problem. And the emphasis on public space is reassuring; responses to the agency’s earlier requests for proposals typically included more commercial development. But the five [...]

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Caring for New York City’s Emerging Waterfront Parks and Public Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 19, 2007 | Add Comment

New York City’s tremendous success in revitalizing its waterfront will require about $ 100 million a year to meet new management and operating needs, according a new report by Regional Plan Association.  Close to 700 acres and 58 miles of new waterfront parks, greenways and other public spaces are being created in all five [...]

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Career Opportunities Available at Project for Public Spaces

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 8, 2007 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces is seeking to fill three positions: Executive Assistant; Associate, Marketing and Development; and Associate, Website and Database Manager.

Click here for the full job descriptions and information on how to apply.

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Greensboro’s New Center City Park is Open!

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 8, 2007 | Add Comment

The City of Greensboro held a ribbon cutting ceremony on December 1, 2006, to celebrate the opening of the new Center City Park, and the park has already been widely accepted by the community, and host to several large events and festivals.

Read more on how PPS worked with the City and community members [...]

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Construction Begins On Nation’s Largest Park For Disabled Children

By ksalay@pps.org on May 4, 2007 | Add Comment

In California, a huge team of volunteers is building the nation’s largest playground for disabled children, equipped with slides and ramps wide enough for wheelchairs, rubber ground padding, and textured play surfaces for blind children.

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On the Rise in American Cities: the Car-free Zone

By ksalay@pps.org on May 4, 2007 | Add Comment

Pedestrians, bicyclists, and joggers are king of the road – at least sometimes – as more US cities ban autos from parks or designated districts.

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