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A New Campaign To Reclaim New York City Streets For City Feet

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 29, 2005 | Add Comment

As a part of the New York City Streets Renaissance Project, PPS is working with communities in NYC to create streets that are shared spaces for pedestrians, cyclists, and cars.

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Placemaking Symposium in Vancouver, December 16

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 6, 2005 | Add Comment

Join Fred Kent and Ethan Kent at a Placemaking Symposium in Vancouver, BC on December 16th, sponsored by the Vancouver Planning Department:

Ever wonder what makes some public places great and others so ho-hum? If you’re interested in finding out what can be done to make our public places better, then the Planning Department is [...]

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PPS Takes a Cut at Meat Market Traffic Patterns

By ksalay@pps.org on Dec 4, 2005 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces presented its findings and preliminary recommendations for Gansevoort Plaza, located in the Meatpacking District of New York City, at a public meeting attended by area residents and business and property owners. The effort is aimed at turning the plaza, which is a triangle of land in the middle of a busy [...]

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Workshop to Inform NJ Townships on Smart Growth

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 28, 2005 | Add Comment

The NJ Department of Transportation will introduce a new smart growth agenda called NJFIT, or Future in Transportation, at the New Jersey Smart Choices workshop on December 5. PPS is one of four organizations hosting the Smart Choices workshop series.

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Radio Interview with Fred Kent

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 29, 2005 | 3 Comments

If you’ve ever spent time wandering the concrete jungles of any city, or if you’ve been lost in a soulless suburb, you’ve probably felt that certain sort of lifelessness — that distinct lack of heartbeat inherent to the crabbier corners of our urban oases.

Listen to Fred Kent’s interview on CBC Radio (click [...]

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Rebirth of Union Station: A Vision for the Plaza

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 29, 2005 | Add Comment

PPS held a public workshop at Denver’s Union Station to elicit ideas from the community that will result in a vibrant and attractive plaza that will be a destination that will draw people year-round.

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Placemaking in Mississauga, Canada

By ksalay@pps.org on Oct 24, 2005 | 1 Comment

PPS is working with the the City of Mississauga in an ongoing effort to create a vital downtown core. As we’ve spoken to and trained the people who work for the city, we’ve found they really understand public spaces and embrace the need for Placemaking.

PPS prepared a report for the first phase [...]

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A Meat Market More Friendly for Those On Two Legs

By ngrossman@pps.org on Aug 8, 2005 | Add Comment

The Villager takes a look at PPS’s recent effort in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

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New Parking in Downtown Tucson Slows Traffic

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 12, 2005 | Add Comment

As a part of PPS’s work in Tucson, AZ, the City has reduced two major downtown streets from three lanes to two lanes, and created an additional 150 parking spaces. The goal of the change is to discourage use of these streets for through traffic, encourage use by drivers who are going to visit downtown [...]

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Five Ways to a Great Place

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 25, 2005 | 5 Comments

Kathy Madden explains why some parks, main streets, and other public spaces become alive with activity and fun, while others become magnets for crime or sit empty. Here are five qualities that divide a great place from the other kind.

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Smarter Growth Management Could Make a Big Difference to Cities

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 12, 2005 | 2 Comments

Fred Kent, addressing the JaxPride Ideas & Action forum in Jacksonville, offered this advice: “Whatever a traffic engineer says, do the opposite.”

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Making Over Main Street

By ngrossman@pps.org on Feb 22, 2005 | Add Comment

An article in The New Republic compares PPS’s approach to creating successful streets to the quick-fix, face-lift approach of the reality TV series “Town Haul.”

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