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San Antonio Is a Popping City!

By Project for Public Spaces on Mar 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
San Antonio is putting a lot of energy into remaking its downtown as a place for people.
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Levels of Service and Travel Projections: The Wrong Tools for Planning Our Streets?

By Gary Toth on Feb 6, 2012 | 16 Comments
When we try to eliminate congestion from our urban areas by using decades-old traffic engineering measures and models, we are essentially using a rototiller to weed a flowerbed.
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Dún Laoghaire's beautiful harbor is one of its main attractions. Photo: William Murphy via Flickr.

Placemaking Goes to Ireland!

By Project for Public Spaces on Feb 2, 2012 | 5 Comments
“How to Turn a Place Around in Ireland” will introduce new ways of thinking about public spaces and how Placemaking can be used to bring communities together and revitalize underperforming spaces.
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10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 16, 2012 | 5 Comments
Livability Solutions are pleased to announce the 10 communities selected to receive free technical assistance this year, thanks to a grant to Project for Public Spaces from the United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.These governments and organizations represent a diverse group of communities [...]
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Long Beach has been building a great network of bike lanes, making it a natural choice for next Year's Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference. Photo: waltarrr via Flickr.

Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
The 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference, to be held September 10–13 of next year Long Beach, Ca., is starting to take shape, and you can be a part of it. Do you have a proposal for a presentation? The call for submissions is now open.
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‘A Day in the Life of a Pop-Up Café’

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 13, 2011 | 2 Comments
A time-lapse video shows just how much social value you can get by turning a parking spot into a place for people.
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Photo: Mark Iantosca

‘Bring to Light’ Reimagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 12, 2011 | 3 Comments
Bring to Light is an immersive nighttime event on New York City’s waterfront that presents site-specific installations of light, sound, performance, and projection art, reconfiguring public space to showcase possibilities for change.
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Looking to the Future at First Park Art Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
If you’re interested in building the future of this innovative urban space in New York, you should definitely be there this weekend.
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Colin Huggins and his piano in October. Photo: Sarah Goodyear

Turning Down the Music in Washington Square Park

By Sarah Goodyear on Dec 5, 2011 | 3 Comments
The parks department is cracking down on performers in Washington Square in the name of providing some peace and quiet for parkgoers.
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Mass protests were one factor that led to the superb cycling infrastructure of today's Netherlands.

‘How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths’

By Sarah Goodyear on Nov 30, 2011 | 7 Comments
The extensive cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands didn't happen by magic. It was the result of a lot of hard work, including massive street protests and very deliberate political decision-making.
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San Antonio's downtown is filled with unrealized Placemaking potential. Photo: Matthew Egan via Flickr.

Mapping the Future of San Antonio’s Downtown, Digitally

By Project for Public Spaces on Nov 22, 2011 | 6 Comments
Digital Placemaking expands and enhances the work that PPS does face-to-face with community members and municipal officials to create great places and to plan for more livable, sustainable communities.
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Due to peak-hour design, Speer Boulevard in Denver limits the northward expansion of downtown Denver while remaining empty at midday. Instead of adding value to the community, it actually limits the city economically, socially, and in every other way. It doesn't even do what it was designed to do: solve congestion during peak hour. I-25, just to the north at the top of the photo, is bumper to bumper during peak hours. The 10-lane cross-sections become a mere parking lot.

Are Complete Streets Incomplete?

By Gary Toth on Nov 17, 2011 | 48 Comments
Complete streets policies are a great start, but they are not enough to make “streets as places.”
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