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Retrofiting Suburbia with Neighborhood Hubs

By Ethan Kent on Jan 1, 2010 | Add Comment
McKinney, TX (2008-Present). PPS helped develop and implement a concept for retrofitting single-use suburban neighborhoods with neighborhood hubs to reduce car trips and build communities.
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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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Point Street Landing

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2008 | Add Comment
Yonkers, NY (2008). PPS worked with the developer, Homes for America Holdings, Inc., and Perkins Eastman Architects on a public space master plan for a mixed-use development on the Hudson River waterfront in Yonkers called Point Street Landing.
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Seattle Civic Square

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2008 | Add Comment
Seattle, WA (2007-2008).PPS is the public space consultant for the new Seattle Civic Square project being designed by architect Foster + Partners and landscape architect Atelier Dreiseitl.
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Granville Island

By Craig Raphael on Apr 16, 2007 | Add Comment
Vancouver, British Columbia (2007)

In 2007, PPS worked with a diverse group of Granville Island stakeholders and the Hotson Baker Boniface Haden Architects + Urbanistes (HBBH) to create a community-based vision and management plan to invigorate the island’s public spaces.   Through PPS’ community workshops, the district’s community came together to re-imagine the public spaces around [...]

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Trustees Garden

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
Savannah, GA (2006-2007) PPS was hired by local businessman Charles Morris to create a new mixed-use community destination in a former 18th century experimental garden and industrial site.
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Myrtle Avenue

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | 1 Comment
Brooklyn, NY (2007) Client: Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

The mixed-use corridor of Myrtle Avenue runs through Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, two historically African American neighborhoods experiencing real estate pressure and new development. In the past, little attention has been paid to developing a coherent series of public spaces that would provide opportunities for people [...]

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Orlando Central Plaza

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Orlando, FL (2005 - 2006). Orlando Central Plaza is currently an empty site that encompasses an entire key block in downtown Orlando, but it has the potential to become a center of community life and activty. The development team brought in PPS to ensure that the plaza and retail spaces are vibrant, attractive and successful public spaces.
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Fallbrook Village Master Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Lincoln, Nebraska (2005 - 2006). Fallbrook Village is a new New Urbanist community of about 5,000 residents. PPS worked with local developer Nebco, Inc., to develop a new village center for this community based on New Urbanist principles.
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Creating Viable Public Spaces at Pearl Brewery

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
San Antonio, TX (2005). The historic Pearl Brewery, located along the San Antonio River in San Antonio, has stood empty since closing in 2001. Silver Ventures, a local developer, purchased the site in 2002. In 2005, PPS led a study investigating the economic viability of creating dynamic, civic oriented public spaces within a successful private development.
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Congress Street Master Plan

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
Tucson, Arizona (2004-2005). Congress Street used to be the Main Street of Tucson, with a remarkable variety of large and small shops, theaters, music, and Tucson's first skyscraper. PPS was part of a team hired by the City of Tucson to create a master plan and revitalization strategy for Congress Street.
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Blount Street Neighborhood Redevelopment

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2004 | Add Comment
Raleigh, North Carolina (2004). The Blount Street Neighborhood in downtown Raleigh is a significant historic neighborhood. PPS served on the Development Advisory Team that created redevelopment guidelines which will provide direction to perspective developers who will be purchasing the land from the state.
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