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Charleston City Market: Charleston, SC, USA; 140 year old market running the entire length of Market Street where the finds are as pleasing as the prices.; [no picture]
Business Administration Building Plaza: Milwaukee, Wi, USA; Plaza; [no picture]
Buford Highway: Atlanta , GA, USA; Busy City/County Street URLS: http://dekalbhealth.net/information/injury-prevention-safecommunities-pedestrian.asp; [no picture]
42nd Street/Times Square Subway Station: New York, NY, USA; A 1000 foot-long underground tunnel links two subway stations in Times Square.
Hachiko Square: Tokyo, Japan; There presense of a sculpture of the dog Hachiko brings a feeling of calm to this hectic intersection.
Luisenplatz: Darmstadt, Germany; This square is the living centre of the city.
Lodhi Gardens: New Delhi, India; This public park is a place of fun but also of tranquility.
Seoul Forest Park: Seoul, Korea; Ttukseom, one of a few large unused sites in Seoul, became home to Seoul Forest Park, which put an end to a controversy over numerous development plans.
Blount Cultural Park: Montgomery, AL, USA; Some of our nations best cultural destinations can be found in this park set among lakes, trails and gardens.
Museum of Contemporary Art: Barcelona, Spain; The musuem's plaza pulsates with energy.
Durbar Square: Kathmandu, Nepal; This holy place is a lively and diverse square in the heart of Kathmandu's old city.
Lake Ida Neighborhood, Delray Beach: Delray Beach , Fl, USA; An ideal neighborhood to live in.
Delray Beach: Delray Beach , FL, USA; The best beach in Palm Beach County.
Roma Street Parklands: Brisbane, QLD, Australia; A large urban park with amazing horticultural displays with lots of activities.
Broadway Market, London Fields: London, UK; A busy, fun-loving street with a farmers' style Saturday market.
Festhalle Kristkindl Markt: Hermann, MO, USA; Historic Festhalle in the heart of old town area, settled by German Immigrants in the 1840s.
Centennial Park: Sarnia, ON, Canada; An active and passive community waterfront park with outdoor performance area (Dow People Place).
Canatara Park: Sarnia, ON, Canada; This is over 200 acres of active and passive community park, with beach/shore line along Lake Huron.
Parque de Serralves: Porto, Portugal; A Cultural Foundation with a museum, park and gardens.
Al-darb-al Ahmar: Cairo, Egypt; A large open space used by the community for gathering, and sometimes for selling items.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: San Francisco, CA, USA; An amazing diversity and quality of California grown and produced fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, cheeses, breads, and artisan food products.
Phoenix Park: Eau Claire, WI, USA; A park, large open space, with river access and a farmers market at the confluence of two rivers.
Piata Unirii: Timisoara, Romania; A very elegant public square.
Public Art Installations, Vancouver City Parks: Vancouver, BC, Canada; In multiple locations throughout Vancouver Parks Department land there are sculptures, installed for 1 1/2 years.
Turin Historical Center: Turin (Torino), Italy; A set of three "Italian" piazzas, and a lot more.
Berkeley Hills: Berkeley, CA, USA; A residential neighborhood with notable architecture, secret pedestrian shortcuts and public parks.
Parque do Aterro do Flamengo: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; It is an urban public park of 2 kilometers of lawns, flowering shrubs and trees.
Augusta Commons: Augusta, GA, USA; A town square that was the idea of Gen James Oglethorpe himself, but it did not get built until 2001.
Ashuelot River Park: Keene , NH, USA; A city park located along the Ashuelot River.
Sir Stuart Hogg Market-New Market: Kolkata, India; A gigantic public market with true Indian charm.
Columbia University Steps: New York, NY, USA; The steps to Columbia's Low Library create a lively urban square.
Ljubljanica Embankment and Prešeren Square: Ljubljana, Slovenia; Streets along the river, bridges, and a central city square.
Parque Micaela Bastidas: Buenos Aires, Argentina; This new park is the entrance to the Costenera Sur, a destination point for people from all over the city.
Plaza San Martin: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Plaza San Martin is a jewel.
Parque de la Memoria: Buenos Aires, Argentina; This plaza is a windswept photo-op and a barren wasteland.
Griftpark: Utrecht, The Netherlands; A former industrial site that has become a special park.
Bungalow Heaven: Pasadena, CA, USA; Pasadena, California's first landmark historic district.
Open-air market of Caruaru (Feira de Caruaru): Caruaru, Brazil; A street market with thousands of stalls is a wonderful place to visit and purchase hand-made crafts.
Itchimbía Cultural Center: Quito, Ecuador; Given the ample visibility that this park has of the city, it is considered a natural viewpoint. There is also an excellent Cultural Center on the top of the hill.
Belle Isle: Richmond, VA, USA; This urban river park has a unique management style, and is unique within the American landscape.
Downtown Tunnel System: Houston, TX, USA; System of underground shopping tunnels
Commons at Calabasas: Calabasas, CA, USA; A mixed-use, retail/commercial area, that is a real "people place."
Ilsan Lake Park: Goyang-si, Republic of Korea; An urban park that has over 2 million visitors a year.
Kreilsheimer Promenade: Seattle, WA, USA; This Promenade is an ASLA award winner of 2005.
Wilcox Park: Westerly, RI, USA; An 18 acre Victorian era walking park in the heart of Westerly's revitalized historic downtown, designed by Olmsted protege Warren H. Manning.
Little Italy: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Little Italy is a bustling district on Corydon Avenue, a vibrant tree-lined street with many shops, restaurants and people enjoying themselves.
Pritchard Park: Asheville, NC, USA; The rock faces and trees that are used to landscape this small Downtown park really bring out the mountains that surround Asheville.
Plaza Mayor: Trinidad, Cuba; A public square where cobblestone streets and pastel coloured houses give impression that time has not moved.
Centerway Square: Corning, NY, USA; A unique urban plaza in a historic downtown district, with a restored clock tower as the focal point.
Susan B. Campbell Park: Annapolis, MD, USA; A popular meeting place for tourists and locals.
Englischer Garten: Munich, Germany; This public park is Munich's most popular greenspace and is modeled after English gardens.
Cape May Point Circle: Cape May Point, NJ, USA; A community garden and multiuse space.
Sainte-Catherine Street: Montreal, QC, Canada; A long urban retail street.
Southlake Town Square: Southlake, TX, USA; This mixed-use town center is the center of community life.
Toronto Underground: Toronto, ON, Canada; Over six miles of car-free, mostly urban underground pathway with year-round climate control - what Toronto resident and urbanologist Jane Jacobs would likely admit is the ultimate form of attrition of the automobile on urban space.; [no picture]
Hetch-Hetchy Greenway: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; A series of bike paths, walkways and play areas linking three city parks.
Millennium Park: Chicago, IL, USA; Millennium Park is Chicago's newest showcase.
Il Giardino dell’ Orticultura: Florence, Italy; This park is a beautiful place to pause from the bustling streets of Florence; a place to enjoy a stroll, play ball, jog, or just sit in the sun.
Downtown Lake Worth: Lake Worth, FL, USA; This is the historic downtown section of a quaint seaside town.
San Francisco Church: Quito, Ecuador; An important religious and cultural site in Quito.
Washingtonian Waterfront: Gaithersburg, MD, USA; The waterfront is one of the most enjoyable places in the DC region, outside of the Beltway.
The Fan District: Richmond, VA, USA; A residential district/neighborhood that remains largely unchanged from the pre-automobile era.
Cleveland Metropolitan Park: Cleveland, OH, USA; It is a huge multi-purpose park with all amenities imaginable!
30th Street Station: Philadelphia, PA, USA; A beautiful and efficient train station that minimizes stress and maximizes access, ease, and services.
Fenway: Boston, MA, USA; A little bit of Europe with an American twist.
Pacific Beach, California: San Diego, CA , USA; A Californian neighborhood where it is actually possible to live without a car.
Milton Skate Park: Milton, WA , USA; A public skate park located along a main thoroughfare that puts the skaters front-and-center.
The Loop: University City, MO, USA; A six block arts and entertainment district in Downtown University City.
Market Square - Winnipeg: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; A market that stretches over a couple of city blocks in an old downtown neighborhood.
Place Jean-Paul Riopelle: Montreal, QC, Canada; This small park hosts a kinetic sculpture that is a fountain with fire jets and fog machines.
Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of the Man): Quito, Ecuador; A museum built in the heights of Quito.; [no picture]
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT): Statewide, GA, USA; Destruction of unique tree-lined highways throughout Georgia.
Assiniboine Park: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; This friendly park is home to the Winnipeg Zoo.
Wescoe Beach: Lawrence, KS, USA; The plaza in front of the University of Kansas Humanities building, Wescoe Hall.
Guapulo Church: Quito, Ecuador; It is a church in a very old neighbourhood in a beautiful valley.
Metropolitan Cultural Centre of Quito: Quito, Ecuador; It is a historical building is a showcase for cultural events in Quito.
Compania Church: Quito, Ecuador; This church, which has one of the most ornate facades in Ecuador, is also one of Quito's biggest destinations.
Bull Creek District Park: Austin, TX, USA; A leash free dog park and greenbelt trail that is dubbed "The Galapagos of Texas."
San Diego Museum and Convent: Quito, Ecuador; A Colonial Art Museum that was once a convent.
Basilica del Voto Nacional: Quito, Ecuador; A beautiful Neo-Gothic sanctuary.
Gardens on El Paseo: Palm Desert, CA, USA; A retail center with great gardens and innovative environmental features.
Woolston Millennium Garden: Southampton, UK; A town square with public art works from the epic to the miniature.
Shelburne Farms: Shelburne, VT, USA; A nonprofit environmental education center and national historic landmark.
Como Park: Saint Paul, MN, USA; This multi-use regional park features unique activities and attractions.
Sunset Park, Auburn: Auburn, Wa, USA; A multi-functional community park with a skate park, picnic areas, and a spectacular view of Mt. Rainier.
Delaware Park: Buffalo, NY, USA; An historic Olmsted Park created in 1868, with rose gardens, an art museum and a lake all within the park itself.
John Hancock Building Plaza: Chicago, IL, USA; This is an extremely popular urban plaza.
Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden: Columbia, SC, USA; The zoo and botanical garden is a jewel in the middle of the city.
Ouray Hot Springs Pool and Park: Ouray, CO, USA; Hot springs pool, recreation center, and town park.
Patterson Park: Baltimore, MD, USA; A public park surrounded by historic row houses.
Main Street Market: Baton Rouge, LA, USA; New public market in downtown Baton Rouge. Built to house the wildly popular farmers market held each Saturday.
Latrobe Park: New Orleans, LA, USA; A small park with ample seating and lush planting.
Artillery Park: New Orleans, LA, USA; A combination urban scenic overlook, river overlook and informal amphitheatre for street performances.
Jamison Square: Portland, OR, USA; A civic square with an amazing interactive fountain.
Astoria Sunday Market: Astoria, OR, USA; A farmers and crafts market in the heart of historic downtown Astoria.
Riverside Park: Milwaukee, WI, USA; A neighborhood park with an educational emphasis.
The Sound Garden: Cadillac, MI, USA; A unique, musical sculpture made of logs and metal graces our already bustling lakefront walkway.
Johnson Park: Buffalo, NY, USA; This public space was the first park in Buffalo, NY.
Gas Works Park: Seattle, WA, USA; An urban park overlooking Lake Union in Seattle.
Union Square, San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, USA; An urban plaza, formerly an urban garden.
Esther Short Park: Vancouver, WA, USA; A City park with a community square.
Warwick Valley Farmers Market: Warwick, NY, USA; Regional Farmers Market
Lancaster Central Market: Lancaster, PA, USA; Publicly-owned farmer's market
Seattle Center: Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Center is an urban park and cultural campus.
Love Park: Philadelphia, PA, USA; Love Park was once a national destination for skateboarders, before the city started confiscating skate boards and shooing away anyone who is not sitting quietly on a bench.
Samuel P. Taylor State Park: San Anselmo, CA, USA; A park with camping and hiking along a river.; [no picture]
Woodberry Woods: Baltimore, MD, USA; An urban forest surrounded by diverse built environment (homes) suffering from creeping urban sprawl.
Newport News Park: Newport News, VA, 23603; From camping to cycling, aeromodel flying to archery, disc golf to Discovery Center, this 8,065 acre park has something for everyone.
Wooster Square Park: New Haven, CT, USA; A beautifully landscaped, medium-sized, square shaped community park.
Nichols Arboretum: Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 123 acres of dramatic glaciated topography - steep ravines, rolling hills, and outwash plain - along the Huron River.
Lafayette Park: St. Louis, MO, USA; Established in 1836, this was the first park west of the Mississippi River.
Marion Square: Charleston, SC, USA; An urban park that connects many neighborhoods and hosts major events.
Monument Park at Parklawn Public Housing Development: Milwaukee, WI, USA; A small historical and recreational public park.
Piedmont Park: Atlanta, GA, USA; This large and beloved city park, known as "Atlanta’s Common Ground," attracts people from more than 100 zip codes.
Vander Veer Botanical Park: Davenport, IA, USA; A multi-use park that evolved from farmland (1865) to fairgrounds (1867) to city park(1885).
Conway Park: Somerville, MA, USA; An urban park with multiple uses for all ages and ethnicities.
McEnery Park: San Jose, CA, USA; A small, safe, downtown urban park that has many layers of activity and identity.
North Shore Riverfront Park: Pittsburgh, PA, USA; A large public waterfront green space and trail connection stretching approximately one mile along the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
Bidwell Park: Chico, Ca, USA; A natural oak woodland urban park gifted to the City of Chico for its residents.
Roberts Point Park: Port Aransas, TX, USA; A community park located on a peninsula that juts into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
Cleveland Cultural Gardens: Cleveland, OH, USA; A collection of gardens representing landscape architecture from a variety of cultures.
Harris Creek Park: Baltimore, MD, USA; This is a small urban waterfront park featuring native planting and a spectacular view.
Jaycee Park / Westside Multi-Generational Center: Tempe, AZ, USA; A recently renovated, eight-acre neighborhood park.; [no picture]
James River Heritage Trail - Blackwater Creek Bikeway and RiverWalk: Lynchburg, VA, USA; A shimmering green emerald hidden amid the languid confines of the Hill City.; [no picture]
Huguenot Children's Library & Park: New Rochelle, NY, USA; A wonderful, warm and whimsical library and a great park.
Louisville Waterfront Park: Louisville, KY, USA; 55 acres of formerly abused land transformed into a nationally recognized, award-winning public park on the banks of the Ohio River in downtown Louisville.; [no picture]
Piedmont Road: Atlanta, GA, USA; This street is "like a stab wound through the heart of the city."
Huntsman Hall: Philadelphia, PA, USA; An academic building and a "horrible waste of money."
Soulard: St. Louis, MO, USA; The oldest neighborhood in St. Louis is a thriving bar, restaurant, shopping and tourist district.
Coolidge Park: Chattanooga, TN, USA; A city park on the banks of the Tennessee River that was once a brownfield.
Fundidora Park: Monterrey, N.L. , N.L., México; An urban park located on the site of a former steel factory.
King Farm Park: Rockville , MD, USA; King Farm Park is a 12-acre park featuring tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds and picnic areas.
Mount Washington: Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Historic working-class neighborhood located on Mount Washington, across the river from downtown Pittsburgh.
Charles Deering Estate at Cutler: Miami, FL, USA; The Charles Deering Estate is an environmental, archaeological, historical and architectural preserve on 450 acres of property located along the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County.
Wilmington State Parks: Wilmington, De, USA; State park system built along the Brandywine River.
Morrow Mountain State Park: Albemarle, NC, USA; A beautiful state park in the Uwharrie Mountains.
Governor's Park: Versailles, KY, USA; A downtown Main Street pocket park with a newly restored mural.
Glasgow Botanic Gardens: Glasgow, Scotland; Botanic Gardens and open park space that offer visitors "endless combinations of brightly coloured flowers and plants."
South Hills: Lebanon, PA, USA; A community park/recreation area that is the hub of the county.
Courthouse Square Park: Rockville, MD, USA; A passive park in the heart of downtown Montgomery County.
Glencairn Garden: Rock Hill, SC, USA; An English-style neighborhood garden used for a range of activities, from reading to weddings.
Russell Square: London, United Kingdom; An urban garden square characterized by majestic trees, meandering pathways, and a playful fountain.
Jardin Atlantique: Paris, France; A neighborhood park/roofgarden.
Pretty Water Lake: Sapulpa, OK, USA; Although just five minutes from downtown Sapulpa, Pretty Water Lake maintains its natural, scenic appearance.
West Park: Carmel, IN, USA; A former cornfield that has been transformed into a spectacular public park.; [no picture]
NW 23rd and 21st Avenues: Portland, OR, USA; A high-density retail street that has - or is accessible to - virtually everything you could want.
Share-It Square: Portland, OR, USA; The residents of Sellwood created a community gathering place in an intersection, complete with a food-sharing stand, and a 24-hour tea station.
Sunnyside Piazza: Portland, OR, USA; A street intersection that was turned into a community gathering place by residents.
Tompkins Square Park: New York, NY, USA; Before the advent of community gardens, this park was the only open space on the Lower East Side.
Point State Park: Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Scenic state park at the tip of Pittsburgh's golden triangle.
Uncle Wilber Fountain: Colorado Springs, CO, USA; This water-spurting, tuba-playing fountain has contributed greatly to the revitalization of downtown Colorado Springs.
Parc de Bercy: Paris, France; A park of multiple designs and uses, near apartments, commercial activity, bridges, gardens, and the Seine.
Ferry and Symphony Circles: Buffalo, NY, USA; Two Olmsted-designed roundabouts that beautify the surrounding neighborhoods.
Marché Jean-Talon: Montréal, Canada; A multicultural public market.
Van Vorst Park: Jersey City, NJ, USA; A beautiful brownstone neighborhood surrounds this picturesque, community park.
Edgewater Beach: Cleveland, OH, USA; Lakeshore beach, woods and grass fields.
Olympia Farmers Market: Olympia, WA, USA; A gathering place for local, small-scale farmers, merchants and artists.
Summit Avenue: Saint Paul, MN, USA; This five-mile long Avenue is the longest remaining stretch of residential Victorian architecture in the U.S.
Linear Park: Davie, FL, USA; Walking, biking, jogging, horseback riding, fishing piers, and picnicking in this park along a canal bank.
John McLaren Park: San Francisco, CA, USA; 317 acres of wild open space within San Francisco's city limits provide habitat for a variety of natural and endangered species - including happy urbanites.
Turner Lake Park: Covington, GA, USA; This 158-acre park has an abundance of largely undisturbed wildlife habitat.
Grant Park: Chicago, IL, USA; This lakefront city park serves as Chicago's "front yard."
Wiggums Hollow Park: Everett, WA, USA; A neighborhood park.
Mill Mountain: Roanoke, VA, USA; Mill Mountain is a park that overlooks the City of Roanoke.
Ratcliffe Condominiums on The Green: Charlotte, NC, USA; The Green/Ratcliffe is a mostly residential building with ground floor retail and a wonderful park/plaza.
Centre Pompidou: Paris, France; "I should passionately like Paris to have a cultural center which would at once be museum and center of creation" George Pompidou, 1969
Weequahic Park: Newark, NJ, USA; Weequahic park is the second largest developed park in Essex County with 311.33 acres & an 80-acre lake.
Sterling Heights City Center: Sterling Heights, MI, USA; A civic improvement project to create a downtown where there was none before. It includes a city hall, a library, a cultural center, boulevard-style streeet enhancements and a sculpture garden.; [no picture]
Washington Street: Detroit, MI, USA; A key street, one-half of which was pedestrianized, with disastrous results.
Arlington Farmers Market: Arlington, VA, USA; The tents and a colorful bounty of produce make this market the only charming thing good left in a high-rise, asphalt-ridden neighborhood.
Old Deaf School Park, Topiary Garden: Columbus, OH, USA; This unique "landscape of a painting of a landscape," accented by trees and stunning floral beds provides a lush, green setting amid skyscrapers and asphalt.
Indian School Park: Scottsdale, AZ, USA; a multi-sports complex and public park facility.
Eureka Springs Downtown Historic District: Eureka Springs, AR, USA; Pedestrian-friendly, well-preserved streets like this have become a rarity in most small towns.
Greenwood Lakes Park: Lake Mary, FL, USA; A great "commons" area linked to the adjacent high school, middle school and public library.
Florida Avenue Market/D.C. Farmers Market: Washington, DC, USA; A warehouse-style central wholesale market catering mostly to restaurants and the like, but with small treasures for the urban explorer.; [no picture]
North End neighborhood streets: Boise, ID, USA; This much-loved neighborhood close to downtown Boise is not what's shameful - but rather the local government, lack of common sense, and the corruption of fair processes.
Fairfax County Government Center: Fairfax, VA, USA; This building is HQ for Fairfax County, the most populous and wealthy locality in both the state of Virginia and metropolitan Washington D.C.
Priest Point Park: Olympia, WA, USA; A century-old, forested waterfront that attracts wildlife, kids, grannies, newlyweds, runners, hikers, bikers, birders and teenage smoochers.
Kildonan Park: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; This park is popular with people of all ages, since it offers plenty to do.
Commons Park: Denver, CO, USA; A park located on a redeveloped site, on the banks of the Platte River.
Harbourfront: Toronto, ON, Canada; This place is an easygoing, entertainment-oriented social space for Torontonians and visitors to mingle.
Poncitlan Square: Palmdale, CA, USA; A civic center square surrounded by government buildings including City Hall, Courthouse and Fire Department
CASA Community Garden: Huntsville, AL, USA; This place is a significant source of food for elderly and homebound citizens in Huntsville.
Greenfield Energy Park: Greenfield, MA, USA; An educational community greenspace
McKinley Park: Sacramento, CA, USA; This place seems to have all the ingredients for a successful neighborhood park - including community involvement.

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