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Shade and water features offer a reprieve from the heat. Flickr photo via arellis49

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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Today there's new life in Houston Market Square

Houston Market Square

By Project for Public Spaces on Jul 13, 2011 | 2 Comments
Houston, TX, US (2007) Client: Main Street Redevelopment Authority; Reinvestment Zone Number 3 (TIRZ 3)

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In 2007, Project for Public Spaces was called on to guide the future development of Market Square Park, an underused park in Houston’s Historic District. PPS began a community-driven process to gather information on the neighborhood and on the [...]

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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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Exhibit board for the rethinking of Broadway we led in 2006.

New York City Streets Renaissance

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2010 | 2 Comments
New York, NY (2005-present). In 2005, PPS co-founded The New York City Streets Renaissance campaign, a grassroots initiative that has catalyzed the transformation of the city's transportation policy and brought sweeping change to NYC streets in a few short years.
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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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Bronx River Arts Center

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Bronx, NY (2008-2009). A key regional cultural destination in the West Farms Square area, the Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) is the only environmental arts center in the U.S. and the sole multi-arts center in its community. With the help of a grant from Deutsche Bank, BRAC hired PPS to help them develop a plan that would tie together the BRAC facility and surrounding areas into a “whole” place.
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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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Creating a Great Civic Square for Covington, KY

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2007 | Add Comment
Covington, KY (2006-2007). The City of Covington and its downtown organization, Renaissance Covington, has a vision to create a new civic square with a public market in the center of its revitalizing downtown.
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Pittsburgh Market Square

By Craig Raphael on May 4, 2006 | 1 Comment
Pittsburgh, PA (2006-2007)
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Peace Plaza and First Street Promenade

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2006 | Add Comment
Rochester, MN (2005 - 2006). After talking with us and learning about the added value of the Placemaking process, the city and the Downtown Alliance hired PPS to broaden the vision and garner more community input in the renewed Peace Plaza and First Street area.
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The Meatpacking District: A Community Vision for Gansevoort Plaza

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2005 | Add Comment
New York, NY (2005). PPS worked with business owners, residents, and community leaders to define the problems, identify best practices, and formulate a vision for what they want their neighborhood to be.
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