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Filming Broadway, Block by Block

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 7, 2006 | Add Comment

Nearly 400 filmmakers, amateurs and professionals, participated in a one-day documentary project to film every block of Broadway in New York City for one hour.

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Security Concerns Pollute Washington’s Architectural Atmosphere

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 7, 2006 | Add Comment

While concerns for the physical safety of people and buildings in Washington DC are understandable, our responses — defined strictly in terms of physical measures designed to protect Washington’s buildings and the people in them — are vastly out of proportion.   It is almost impossible to overstate the damage being done to the beauty and [...]

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Faux Suburban Downtowns Challenge Traditional City Centers

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 5, 2006 | Add Comment

The popularity of mixed-use suburban town centers is threatening the viability of older, traditional downtowns. While many tout their urban-style amenities, the suburban centers often lack transit and — sometimes — even sidewalks.

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Project for Public Spaces Announces Winners of Eleven Grants to Develop Farmers Market State/Regional Associations Throughout North America

By jday@pps.org on Jun 1, 2006 | 2 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact – Chris Heitmann or Shin-pei Tsay, Project for Public Spaces 212-620-5660

May 30, 2006

Grants totaling $900,000 will increase the capacity of farmers markets to expand and enhance their operations

NEW YORK, NY – Eleven state and regional associations founded to advance farmers markets will capitalize on the massive growth [...]

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An Architect and a Choreographer Collaborate to Streamline the Airport Experience.

By ksalay@pps.org on Jun 1, 2006 | Add Comment

Architect and set designer David Rockwell collaborated with Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell on his latest project, the new JetBlue Airways terminal being built at JFK airport.  The two men examined the “choreography” of public spaces, and used the teachings of William H. Whyte as inspiration.

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Street Markets ‘More Powerful Than Supermarkets’

By ksalay@pps.org on May 31, 2006 | Add Comment

“Local street markets generate twice as many jobs as big supermarkets and sell goods at half the price of the supposedly cut-price retail giants, research shows.

Planning decisions that favour the building of huge outlets over established smaller markets could result in fewer jobs and less choice for local communities, a report by the think-tank [...]

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Jane Jacobs’ Book on the Urban Life Cycle and Community Issues Still Resonates 45 Years Later

By ksalay@pps.org on May 31, 2006 | Add Comment

Jane Jacobs, who died last month at age 89, is best known as the author of the influential 1961 book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” Much of what she wrote is still relevant to 21st century challenges and discourse about smart growth, planning and land use regulation, urban revitalization, historic preservation and [...]

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Architect Looks Beyond New Urbanism’s ‘Fake Facade’

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

“San Diego architect Teddy Cruz, and his firm Estudio Teddy Cruz, have been working along the Mexican border for years. Cruz’s newest design is for two affordable housing and community center schemes for immigrants in the border town of San Ysidro, California. The plan was developed with non-profit community center, Casa Familiar, whose client base [...]

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A Mixed-use, Walkable Development Arrives In Atlanta

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

The success of Atlantic Station, a large scale mixed-use urban development, proves the need for a more pedestrian friendly environment in auto-dominated Atlanta.

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Vendors Fear Nashville Farmers Market May Cut Roots

By ksalay@pps.org on May 30, 2006 | Add Comment

The Nashville Farmers Market’s new director says the market has to change to survive, but some merchants think he just wants to see them and their low-income customers go away.

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PPS Travels to the Republic of Georgia

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

Phil Myrick and David O’Neil returned to the Republic of Georgia to work on market projects in two small towns, Akhaltsikhe and Ninotsminda.

Phil and David assisted community members in Ninotsminda with creating a new central market. The site of the new market is now empty, but the market is planned to [...]

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PPS Staff Update: Former COO Now a Dairy Farmer in Armenia

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

Aram Khachadurian, who was PPS’s COO from 2000-2001, is now living in Armenia, running a cattle farm and making cheese!  Phil Myrick and David O’Neil recently visited the farm, which is just an hour’s drive from Ninotsminda, a village in Georgia where they were working on a PPS market project.

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