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Tempe Seeks a Walkable Downtown

By ksalay@pps.org on Mar 1, 2007 | Add Comment

At a public meeting in Tempe, AZ, PPS Vice President Phil Myrick recommended that the city create a network of pedestrian walkways to connect the area’s destinations.

Image (c) Andrea Bloom / The State Press

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Latinos and Planning: The Road Ahead

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 26, 2007 | 2 Comments

With the Latino population growing tremendously, it’s time to begin addressing the shortcomings in the practice of planning regarding this key demographic.

In an op-ed from Planetizen, Leonardo Vazquez explores the Biggest challenges facing Latino communities.

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Investing in Parks Offers Excellent Economic, Social Returns

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 22, 2007 | Add Comment

The Texas Park and Recreation Foundation released a study on the impact of local parks across the state.  The study found that parks lead to the creation of more than 45,600 jobs through their maintenance and operations activity, capital investment and direct tourism.

View the study on the foundation’s website: www.tprfoundation.org

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Plan for Phoenix’s Patriots Square touches nerve

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 15, 2007 | Add Comment

“The fight for Patriots Square is getting just a little ugly.

After months of public discussion, developers of a proposed $900 million mixed-use retail project in downtown Phoenix have unveiled a new plan for the oft-maligned town square.

Unfortunately for them, the design was met with a healthy dose of skepticism and, in many [...]

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Public Parks are Landing Private Operators Across U.S.

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 12, 2007 | Add Comment

Survival of parkland is becoming more and more dependent on private funding. But critics warn that if you demand that parks pay for themselves, less-affluent areas will suffer from wavering public support.

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Award to Honor Jane Jacobs

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 9, 2007 | Add Comment

The Rockefeller Foundation announced the creation of the Jane Jacobs Medal, an award that will recognize individuals whose creative vision for the urban environment has significantly contributed to the vibrancy and variety of New York City.

The medal will be given annually to two people: one who has made a lifetime contribution and another [...]

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Private Partnerships Help Fund Public Parks

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 29, 2007 | Add Comment

Public-private partnerships are a key source of funding for parks, even in cities with generous park budgets.  “No matter how well funded a city’s parks are, they still need some help,” said Andy Wiley-Schwartz, vice president at Project for Public Spaces. “Having community stewards is priceless, and every city knows that, whether they fund [...]

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Waterfront Art Park To Open In Seattle

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 18, 2007 | Add Comment

A public park and art space is set to open next week along Seattle’s waterfront, replacing a former brownfield site. The new Olympic Sculpture Park was created by the Seattle Art Museum, an expansion of which is set to open in May.

Image (c) Paul Warchol

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Cities Reap Rewards for Decking Highways with Parks

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

U.S. cities are increasingly putting freeway segments underground and covering them with parkland. Whether called a lid, deck, bridge or tunnel, there are already some 20 highway parks in the country, several under construction — most notably, the Rose Kennedy Greenway park atop Boston’s Big Dig — and at least a dozen more in the [...]

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The Social Life: Join Us at the Next PPS Happy Hour, January 11th

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

Everyone is invited to the next PPS Happy Hour: The Social Life.

WHEN & WHAT TIME: Thursday, January 11, 6pm

SMALL URBAN SPACE: The Edge Bar (95 E 3rd Street between 1 and 2 Avenues), New York City

SOCIABILITY: Drinks and Games–billiards and darts!

We hope to see you there!

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Where the Sidewalk Ends: PPS in Dubai

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

PPS staff members Fred Kent, Cynthia Nikitin and Ethan Kent traveled to Dubai to train a group of the city’s leading real estate developers in Placemaking.  The largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has experienced explosive growth in recent years, emerging as the region’s financial and cultural capital. Ethan explores the transportation situation [...]

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PPS Client Wins Grand Award

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

Congratulations to the San Jose/Guerrero Coalition to Save Our Streets, co-recipient of the 2006 Grand Award, given by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in San Francisco.

The Coalition of neighborhood activists successfully transformed a dangerous 6-lane arterial into a traffic-calmed street with wide medians, safe pedestrian crossings, and bike lanes. PPS worked with the Coalition to [...]

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