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Brunswick’s Placemaking Master Plan

By joshkent on Oct 10, 2012 | Add Comment

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PPS in New York City

By Project for Public Spaces on May 3, 2012 | Add Comment

Project for Public Spaces’ Impact in New York City

The Project for Public Spaces was founded in New York City in 1975 to put into practice the findings of William “Holly” Whyte’s Street Life Project. Since then, PPS has consistently introduced and implemented new ideas and strategies all around its home town. While [...]

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San Antonio’s Main Plaza

By Project for Public Spaces on Aug 4, 2011 | Add Comment
Completed in April 2008, the $12 million renovation created a multitude of new additions to Main Plaza. APA recently featured it in its list of Great Places in America: Public Spaces.
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Market at Kennedy Plaza. Photo by Jef Nikerson via Flickr.

Rethinking Greater Kennedy Plaza

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 13, 2011 | Add Comment
(2008-present) PPS was hired by a Greater Kennedy Plaza Working Group, a collection of committed civic leaders, to help transform Kennedy Plaza into a lively square that serves the community and drives the culture, creativity and identity of the city.
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Los Angeles Chinatown Central Plaza, West Plaza and Bamboo Lane Revitalization

By Craig Raphael on May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
Los Angeles, CA (2009-2010) Client: Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency

PPS worked with the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency and representatives from over 100 community organizations to create a community based vision to revitalize Chinatown’s Central and West Plaza and an adjacent underutilized alleyway. Central and West Plazas once served as the vibrant heart [...]

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Placemaking Chicago

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Chicago, IL (2008 - 2009). Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council asked PPS to assist them in setting up a citywide Placemaking campaign. The campaign now supports several demonstration projects and organizes placemaking forums for city agencies.
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Oviedo Downtown Master Plan and New Community Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2008 | Add Comment
Oviedo, FL (2005 - 2008). Oviedo embarked on a public-private partnership with Broad Street Partners LLC to create a new town center and community park. PPS worked with Broad Street to ensure that the new town center offers citizens of Oviedo a variety of destinations, gathering places and activities.
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Times Square after the redesign. Photo credit: NYDOT

Times Square

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | 2 Comments
New York, NY (2006-2007). The Times Square Alliance hired Project for Public Spaces (PPS), from May 2006 to June 2007, to better understand and reimagine how Times Square performs as a public space.
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Urban Open Space Implementation Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
Tempe, AZ (2006 - 2007). PPS, with PROS Consulting and Drake & Associates, worked with Tempe, its residents, and civic groups, to develop an Urban Open Space Plan for parks, plazas, and connection systems.
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Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning in New Jersey

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
New Jersey (2005 - 2007). In recent years, the New Jersey Department of Transportation has made great strides in better understanding the role that their transportation investments play in community livability, placemaking and smart growth. However, NJDOT's efforts to create more livable communities that depend less on automobile traffic can only succeed with the cooperation and leadership of New Jersey's municipalities.
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Building Bellingham Around Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Bellingham, WA (2006). In 2006, Mayor Asmundon attended the "How to Turn a Place Around" training course. He found the course so innovative and inspiring that he brought PPS to Bellingham to train his city's leaders too.
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New Directions for Public Spaces in Flint

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Flint, MI (2006). Flint's Downtown Development Authority and the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation, with support from the Ruth Mott Foundation, invited PPS to assist them in launching an integrated, community-based campaign to revitalize public spaces in downtown Flint.
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