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The surprise winner: The Circle in Normal, Ill. Photo: HOERR SCHAUDT landscape architects

Your Picks for the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada

By Kathleen Toth on Nov 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ask yourself, what are the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada? You might be surprised at the winner of our poll.
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Crowd-Sourcing the Lowdown on New York’s Privately Owned Public Spaces

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
Zuccotti Park is just one of dozens of privately owned public spaces around New York. Just how public are these places? How accessible and welcoming? How pleasant and well-maintained?
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How can you create healthy places in your community? Photo: Wally Gobetz via Flickr.

New ‘Healthy Places’ Training in New York State

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
These trainings will focus on how communities can take action to promote and enable healthy living for their citizens.
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A perfect day for a piano in Washington Square Park. Photo: Sarah Goodyear

Washington Square Park + Piano = Joy

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
One man and his baby grand add yet more fabulousness to one of the best public spaces in the world.
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Celebrating a New Public Plaza in Brooklyn: You Can Feel It All Over

By Sarah Goodyear on Sep 27, 2011 | Add Comment
Want to see how good public space can make people feel? Watch this beyond-awesome video by documentary filmmaker Adele Pham.
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The next generation of Bulgarians is ready for change.

Placemaking Takes Off in Sofia, Bulgaria

By Elena Madison on Sep 15, 2011 | Add Comment
PPS's Elena Madison reports that in her hometown of Sofia, people are ready to make a better city for themselves -- an authentically Bulgarian great place.
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A variety of Canada Day activities brought the crowds out to Mississauga's brand-new Celebration Square this summer. Photo: ammiiirrrr via Flickr

Mississauga Considers a Permanently Car-Free Celebration Square

By Sarah Goodyear on Sep 12, 2011 | Add Comment
The people of Mississauga like their new city square so much, they're talking about keeping cars out of it for good.
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Mississauga's new Celebration Square

Mississauga Opens “Celebration Square”

By Megan MacIver on Jun 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
The Square is the first step in creating a great destination that shows off the best of Mississauga and draws residents to enjoy their city center.
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I traveled to Barcelona to participate in the City Factory's May conference on public space.

What is the Place for Public Space in our Cities?

By Cynthia Nikitin on May 19, 2011 | 2 Comments
What constitutes a public space? Where do public and private jurisdictions end? Our Cynthia Nikitin reports from the City Factory's Conference in Barcelona.
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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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Protesters gather in Tahir Square. Flickr Photo by Ramy Raoof

Public Space Powered Democracy

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
The exercise of democracy depends upon having a literal commons where people can gather as citizens—a square, Main Street, park or other public space that is open to all.
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