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The surprise winner: The Circle in Normal, Ill. Photo: HOERR SCHAUDT landscape architects

Your Picks for the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada

By Kathleen Toth on Nov 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ask yourself, what are the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada? You might be surprised at the winner of our poll.
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We're hitting the road in rural New Mexico.

Applying Context-Sensitive Solutions in Rural Communities in New Mexico

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 31, 2011 | Add Comment
What does rural livability look like? What can small towns in New Mexico do to give their residents a better quality of life?
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Crowd-Sourcing the Lowdown on New York’s Privately Owned Public Spaces

By Sarah Goodyear on Oct 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
Zuccotti Park is just one of dozens of privately owned public spaces around New York. Just how public are these places? How accessible and welcoming? How pleasant and well-maintained?
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Apply Now for Free Technical Assistance from PPS and Livability Solutions!

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
Has your community set goals for achieving improved livability, smart growth, or sustainability? Are you running into barriers in achieving these goals? We can help!
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We Need a Placemaking Rail~Volution

By Paul Salama on Oct 24, 2011 | 2 Comments
Placemakers need to be playing a larger, complementary role in the creation of transit-oriented developments, because creating better places will benefit everyone involved.
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Can this parking lot be saved?

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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