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Plan to Revitalize Mississauga’s City Center Hailed by Community

By ksalay@pps.org on Feb 2, 2006 | 4 Comments

PPS’s vision of transforming Mississauga’s city centre and civic square into a lively public space – complete with parks, a tea house, a farmers’ market and a wedding chapel – is being hailed as an effective way to revitalize some very dead space.

“These seem like very good suggestions,” said Ken Greenberg, a Toronto urban [...]

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Steve Davies presenting at Rural Roots Conference, Boise ID

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

Steve Davies will be giving a presentation on the topic “Farmers’ Markets as Community Anchors” on February 4, 4:00 pm, at the Basque Center in downtown Boise, ID.

Many farmers’ markets feel powerless to control their own destiny because they are seen as having little value beyond a place where food is sold by farmers. [...]

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Oviedo Residents Visit Site of New Downtown Park and Town Center

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 25, 2006 | 5 Comments

PPS’s Kathy Madden and Meg Walker led the group around the site, and conducted a Placemaking workshop to illicit the community’s vision of what the new park in Oviedo, FL, will be.

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Orange Country Sows Seeds for One of the Nation’s Biggest Urban Parks

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

Ethan Kent, PPS Vice President, notes that several of the parks Orange County officials visited on a fact-finding mission are included on PPS’s Hall of Shame due to their emphasis on design, rather than amenities to serve the community’s needs.

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Turn CT Speedway Into A Boulevard

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

Toni Gold, a Senior Associate of PPS, recommends turning a dangerous speedway in a Connecticut town into a boulevard designed for speeds no greater than 40 mph, using narrow lanes, bike lanes, a raised planted medium, and lots of crosswalks.

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Once-popular Elevated Skywalks Suck Life Out of Streets

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 11, 2006 | Add Comment

“More cities are realizing that skywalks are not what they were cut out to be,” said Fred Kent, president of Project for Public Spaces, a New York City-based nonprofit organization that helps communities create and sustain public places. “Instead of drawing additional people and retail to a second level, skywalks have left streets lifeless, presenting [...]

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Job Posting: Image Collection Intern

By ngrossman@pps.org on Jan 10, 2006 | Add Comment

We are currently seeking an intern to help manage our growing image collection. A successful candidate would be detail-oriented, interested in photography/images, and possess excellent organizational skills, especially for large amounts of data. Passion for the PPS mission desireable, but not required. We think an individual from a library sciences or a photography background would [...]

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Car Trouble

By ngrossman@pps.org on Jan 9, 2006 | Add Comment

Every day it seems we find ourselves more and more immersed in car culture. Jay Walljasper wonders if there is an end in sight.

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Give the Suburbs a Place to Gather

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 9, 2006 | Add Comment

When it comes to creating great places that inspire the public, it’s the spaces between buildings – not the structures themselves – that matter most.

Fred Kent and Benjamin Fried discuss how flashy, iconic design often gets in the way of creating great public spaces in this editorial in Newsday.

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An Uncommon Feature for an Orlando Development: Public Space

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 9, 2006 | Add Comment

To set apart the development of a downtown block in Orlando, FL from other office towers and condos, Project for Public Spaces was hired to turn the area into a people-friendly public place that will enhance the sense of community. The complex will include a sculpture garden, rooftop garden, a courtyard with a fountain, and [...]

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People Like Washington Square Park the Way It Is

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 6, 2006 | Add Comment

PPS’s study of Washington Square Park finds that the park works amazingly well in its current configuration, and that any changes to its layout should only be made with utmost care so as not to destroy the square’s “unique and very special ‘vibe.’”

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Car Trouble

By ksalay@pps.org on Jan 6, 2006 | Add Comment

As millions of Asian citizens jubilantly embrace driving, some experts predict an enviro nightmare.

“I sometimes find it hard to believe there could be any more cars in the world than there are today,” writes PPS’s Jay Walljasper. “Yet if economic forecasts are to be believed, auto use will rise dramatically in coming years as [...]

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