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PPS Training Courses Open for Registration!

By rdahl@pps.org on Aug 15, 2007 | Add Comment

Registration is now open for our two-day public training courses here in NYC:  How to Create Successful Markets, Oct. 12-13 and How to Turn a Place Around, Oct. 18-19

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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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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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In Palermo, Life Vibrates in a Fading Market

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

After 700 years, a Sicilian market’s heart still beats. It’s a place where old men selling olives suddenly start singing their favorite arias.

Image (c) Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times

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Eastern Market in DC Badly Damaged by Fire

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 30, 2007 | Add Comment

The historic Eastern Market, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, was badly damaged by a fire that apparently started in a dumpster.

Most of the southern half of the building was gutted by the fire, and all the vendors in the hall will be temporarily displaced.  Many are already calling for federal funding to [...]

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Public Wants Space, Not Style, Architects Told

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 23, 2007 | Add Comment

Policymakers are ignoring the wishes of local people and exaggerating the importance of “metropolitan” urban design in creating successful public spaces, according to a new report, the Social Value of Public Spaces.

“Most public spaces that people use are local spaces they visit regularly, often quite banal in design, or untidy in their activities [...]

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Public Market House in Portland, ME, Proves Markets Bring Life to Cities

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 11, 2007 | Add Comment

The Public Market House in Portland, Me., is an example of how fresh local food and downtown markets promote activity in American cities.

Image (c) Herb Swanson for The New York Times

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Placemaking on the Memphis Riverfront “A Great Experience”

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 6, 2007 | Add Comment

“One participant described the “Placemaking Game” with Project for Public Spaces (PPS) as, “one the best events he had ever attended.” Hyperbole? We’re not sure, but one thing is for sure: the enthusiasm, delight in participating, and belief that it’s possible to create a dynamic public riverfront in Memphis was contagious.“

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Ideas for Memphis Riverfront Flow at PPS Workshop

By ksalay@pps.org on Apr 2, 2007 | Add Comment

135 people attended a Placemaking workshop led by PPS at Memphis’ riverfront.  The participants suggesting adding amenities to the parks that overlook the Mississippi River, such as public water fountains, more cafes, food and beverage vendors and bicycle racks.

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