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Envisioning a Vibrant Future for Tacoma

By bfried@pps.org on Jul 28, 2006 | Add Comment

To create a world-class civic center in Tacoma, Washington, PPS’s Cynthia Nikitin shares the four key steps that will make Pacific Plaza a vibrant public space.

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PPS Evaluates Anchorage’s Downtown Market

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 26, 2006 | Add Comment

Phil Myrick and David O’Neil traveled to Anchorage to visit the city’s markets and meet with businesses to better connect the markets to the city’s main retail area.

Image (c) Anchorage Daily News

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Chinese Cities Cracking Down on Pedestrians and Bicyles

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 26, 2006 | 1 Comment

Recent Chinese federal government policies touting cyclist- and pedestrian-friendly transportation contrast with the less hospitable stance taken by some major cities, who have taken to fining jaywalkers and bicyclers who violate traffic laws.

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Interstate Anniversary: Time To Consider The Road Ahead

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 25, 2006 | Add Comment

Toni Gold, a Senior Associate of PPS, writes this piece in the Hartford Courant on the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system, and takes a look at what the future of transportation holds.

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Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for It

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 24, 2006 | Add Comment

“Some big American cities are flourishing as at no time in recent memory. Places like New York and San Francisco appear to be richer and more dazzling than ever: crime remains low, new arrivals pour in, neighborhoods have risen from the dead.

But middle-class city dwellers across the country are being squeezed.

This time, they [...]

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Debate Rages on Housing at Planned Brooklyn Park

By Ethan Kent on Jul 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Sunday’s NY Times article cited PPS’s opposition to the existing plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park.  Our critique can be found here: http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=933

An essay by PPS president  Fred Kent on the current Downtown Brooklyn Development efforts including the Waterfront: http://www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/brooklyn_essay

Another recent article about this issue heavily quoting Fred Kent:  http://www2.pps.org/updates/one-entry?entry_id=6531

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The Charm of Brick Streets

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 21, 2006 | 4 Comments

Chicago area communities restore brick streets for aesthetics and traffic-calming.

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On Reading Jane Jacobs…Finally

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 21, 2006 | Add Comment

A planner who quoted Jane Jacobs for years finally discovers what the author really said in her classic book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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Flint, MI: Vehicle City

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 17, 2006 | Add Comment

Flint is a city that was built around cars, yet remarkably, for a city that was planned for everything but people, there are still some great people working to create a genuine “Steets Rennaissance,” writes PPS Vice President Ethan Kent in his correspondence to the Streets Blog.

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Is Portland’s New Park Serving the Community?

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 17, 2006 | Add Comment

Depending on who you ask, the new Tanner Springs Park in Portland, OR, is a boon for the neighborhood, or a bust. According to Fred Kent, President of Project for Public Spaces, the park’s entire concept represents landscape designers putting their egos ahead of public need.

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Crowd Gathers to Protest Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards Plan

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 17, 2006 | Add Comment

In the largest public demonstration so far by opponents of the Atlantic Yards project planned near Downtown Brooklyn, a crowd that may have exceeded 2,000 gathered at Grand Army Plaza yesterday in a rally condemning the project’s scale and what many called inadequate public comment.

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Changing Tracks: Rail Transit and Planning

By ksalay@pps.org on Jul 17, 2006 | Add Comment

Trains have played a large role in shaping America’s past, and will have a big impact on her future as rail transit continues to change the way we think about urban growth.

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