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Could This Edmonton Strip Mall Ever Be a Real Place?

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 20, 2011 | Add Comment
This video from Canada's Edmonton Journal catches PPS's Cynthia Nikitin in action, doing a tough critique of an Edmonton strip mall.
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Before and (theoretical) after conditions on Market Street.

Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up on Philadelphia Streets

By Gary Toth on Oct 20, 2011 | 2 Comments
Philadelphia is joining the ever-growing group of American cities leading the way toward livable streets.
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Save the Date for the 8th International Public Markets Conference

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 19, 2011 | 2 Comments
The 8th International Public Markets Conference is coming to Cleveland next fall! Mark your calendars for September 21-23, 2012.
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How can you create healthy places in your community? Photo: Wally Gobetz via Flickr.

New ‘Healthy Places’ Training in New York State

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
These trainings will focus on how communities can take action to promote and enable healthy living for their citizens.
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This shouldn't be a rare sight. Photo: D Sharon Pruitt via Flickr.

Kids Walking to School: An Endangered Species?

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
We've built our way into a terrible predicament. That doesn't mean that things can't change.
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A perfect day for a piano in Washington Square Park. Photo: Sarah Goodyear

Washington Square Park + Piano = Joy

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
One man and his baby grand add yet more fabulousness to one of the best public spaces in the world.
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American streets: They don't have to look like this. Photo: Ken Firestone via Flickr.

A New Manual for “Living Streets”

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 6, 2011 | 2 Comments
Want to make your streets better for all users? Well, we've got something you can use.
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Charisma usually requires a sense of humor: A Long Beach bike rack. Photo: waltarrrr via Flickr.

How Charismatic Is Your City?

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 4, 2011 | 6 Comments
Can cities have charisma? Of course they can. Just like people.
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Before and after, downtown Long Beach: What a difference a lane makes. Photo: jericho1ne via Flickr.

Long Beach to Host Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in 2012

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference will be headed to Long Beach, Calif., in 2012.
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The EPA grant means we'll be helping more communities around the country to make their communities more livable and sustainable.

PPS Wins Sustainable Communities Grant from the EPA

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
PPS has received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance to communities seeking to implement sustainable and smart growth development and programs.
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Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway Connects People to Their City — By Bike

By Sarah Goodyear on Sep 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
"To be able to get around on your bike gives you a connection to the place where you live that is very different than moving around in your car."
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Celebrating a New Public Plaza in Brooklyn: You Can Feel It All Over

By Sarah Goodyear on Sep 27, 2011 | Add Comment
Want to see how good public space can make people feel? Watch this beyond-awesome video by documentary filmmaker Adele Pham.
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