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What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?

Every thriving neighborhood succeeds because of the small steps citizens take to enliven their local streets, parks, and other public spaces. PPS's new Great Cities Initiative applies this grassroots energy to the broader mission of improving entire cities and regions...
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Venice Beach, California: one of the world's great districts, and a shining example of how great public spaces enhance a dynamic city.

Special Features:

Purple Places Majesty
A way forward for America beyond red and blue.

The 20 Best Neighborhoods in North America
Here are our picks. Now it's your turn to select the best spots to live, work, and hang out. Plus: A few of our favorite neighborhoods abroad.

Granville Island: One of the World's Great Places
In the heart of Vancouver, this lively mix of arts, parks, and markets leads off our new hall of fame for great neighborhoods and districts.

The Power of Ten
Why Great Places are more than the sum of their parts.

Cities of Joy
Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, believes that one day cities of the developing world will offer us lessons about providing everyone with equal access to happiness.

A Tale of Two Cities
Las Vegas is America's fastest growing city. Cleveland is called the mistake by the lake. What's wrong with this picture? Jay Walljasper investigates in Town Square.

Regular Columns:

News from PPS
Announcing a new book by PPS Board member and former Congressman Richard Swett. And -- from Seattle to New Jersey to Eastern Europe -- read about how PPS is turning around places across the globe.

Park Talk
Read what people had to say about our choices for the world's best and worst parks. Plus: The National Park Service and the Downtown DC Business Improvement District team up to improve public spaces in the capital.

The Place Poll
Tell us what you think of the latest batch of nominations for Great Public Spaces.

Public Voices
A reader challenges the Barcelona City Commentary and poses the question: Is the quality of a place simply a matter of taste?

Places in the News
See which public spaces made headlines in October and November.


From our archives:

Paris
The City of Light is a laboratory for learning about all types of public spaces, both good and bad. Each plaza, each building, and each street can teach us something important.
London
With the great potential of its waterfront and new opportunities to bring streets back as public spaces, London could quite easily become the greatest city in the world to live in and visit.
Barcelona
It's absolutely a world class city. We love it because of its great public spaces, and yet we also have concerns.

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