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Parks

PPS’s urban parks program focuses on improving parks as community and economic assets that help revitalize neighborhoods and downtowns. We work with communities interested in creating park destinations that foster healthy activities within the park and the surrounding community.

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Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces January 12th, 2012

Looking to the Future at First Park Art Park December 7th, 2011

Turning Down the Music in Washington Square Park December 5th, 2011

Zuccotti Park Is Empty, for Now November 15th, 2011

Zuccotti Park and OWS: “A Stiff, Clarifying Test” for Privately Owned Public Spaces November 10th, 2011

Your Picks for the Top 100 Public Spaces in the U.S. and Canada November 1st, 2011

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	Great Parks We Can Learn From People everywhere are searching for ways local parks can better serve their communities. Here are lessons from six great ones.
	Magic in the Motor City Detroit’s new public square, Campus Martius, brings life back downtown.
	10 Principles for Successful Squares Small details add up to great places.