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Farmers’ Markets Go Beyond Green

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

Next month, two outdoor food markets will open in Lower Manhattan. Every Saturday, these “hybrid” markets, like weekly markets in Europe, will offer more diverse products than a strictly defined farmers’ market. With local makers of guacamole and sorbet selling alongside organic farmers, Nina Planck, former director of the New York City Greenmarkets, is striking [...]

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Public Space to be Cut in Washington Square Park

By ngrossman@pps.org on May 24, 2006 | Add Comment

Another round of controversy concerning the Parks Department’s redesign of Washington Square Park.

This time, the issue at hand is the amount of plaza space in the center of the park.  The latest lawsuit brought against the plan claims that the new plan will reduce the size of the central plaza (surrounding the fountain) by [...]

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Fayetteville Market (AR) Reaches Out to Hispanic Community

By stsay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | 2 Comments

“We want our market to be for everyone in the community,” says Janet Bachman, a market vendor.

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Reclaiming the Heart of the City

By ksalay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Urban planning theories are meaningless without citizens involved in their community.

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Latest Surge in Fuel Costs Leads Americans to Re-Examine Alternative Transportation

By ksalay@pps.org on May 23, 2006 | Add Comment

Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work.
Cycling to work is just one way Americans are seeking relief from skyrocketing gas prices. People who normally drive to work are riding public buses and trains, working [...]

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Engineering Conflict

By ksalay@pps.org on May 22, 2006 | Add Comment

What are we really arguing about when we argue about architecture?

This week’s New York Times Magazine features this and other articles on architecture: Architecture 2006.

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NYC Streets Renaissance Exhibit Moves to Times Square

By ksalay@pps.org on May 19, 2006 | Add Comment

The NYC Streets Renaissance exhibit, Livable Streets: A New Vision for New York, has moved from the Municipal Arts Society to the lobby of 4 Times Square, the Conde Nast Building.

The exhibit will focus on a vision for Broadway as a grand boulevard containing more than 20 unique destinations, with Times Square as the [...]

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Profile from South Side Farmers’ Market, Madison, WI

By stsay@pps.org on May 19, 2006 | 1 Comment

Who is Robert Pierce, manager of the South Side Farmers’ Market, one of PPS’s public markets grantees?

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Architecture Critics Dissected

By stsay@pps.org on May 18, 2006 | Add Comment

A panel of architecture critics discusses the meaning of activist criticism and whether it still has a meaningful role.

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‘Skinny Streets’ Movement Winning Wider Acceptance

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

“If you think the highest and best use of a street is to move as many cars as fast as possible, shrinking the pavement probably seems counterintuitive, if not downright loony.

But it’s starting to happen here and there, in Madison, Milwaukee, suburban Green Bay and neo-traditional subdivisions around the country. Hooray for the “skinny [...]

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Farmers Market Offers Valet Parking for Bikes

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

In an effort to get folks out of their cars and onto their bikes, city officials and cycling clubs are sponsoring a bike valet for the Farmer’s Market in San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Architects Are a Lagging Indicator for Sustainable Design

By ksalay@pps.org on May 17, 2006 | 2 Comments

“Although architecture schools are adding courses on how to design green buildings, the consensus is that more needs to be done. Indeed, the notion of sustainable design – balancing architecture’s emphasis on style and structure with the creation of buildings that protect the environment, human health and save resources – presents a challenge.”

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