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Great Parks We Can Learn From

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
People everywhere are searching for ways local parks can better serve their communities. Here are lessons from six great ones.
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Eleven Principles for Creating Great Community Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Aug 10, 2009 | 6 Comments
Adapted from our best-seller, How to Turn a Place Around, these 11 common-sense principles are the key to any successful Placemaking effort.
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What Role Can Design Play in Creating Safer Parks?

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Extensive coverage on design and its influence on safety, including layout, "active edges," visibility, amenities and their coordination, and more. From Toronto Parks & "Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks"
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Creative Discovery Garden Flourishes in New Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A design process that gathered input from schools and in-kind donations from businesses and organizations turned a children's play area, and the environmental restoration project surrounding it, into a backyard, a schoolyard and a science classroom.
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Dreaming Spaces Anew

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Filmmaker Austin Allen looks at park design and park activities from the point of view of African-Americans.
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Their Work Is Child’s Play

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A discussion on the state of play in the U.S., with Roger Hart and Selim Iltus of Children's Environments Research Group at City University of New York (CUNY).
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Creating Great Urban Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Kathy Madden and Fred Kent of Project for Public Spaces explain how parks can play new roles as catalysts for both community and development, enriching cities in the process.
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Crime Prevention through Design

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment

An annotated bibliography (of print resources) on environmental design and security. Annotated and posted by Sean Michael of Washington State University.

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

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Creating Park Signage

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Some helpful hints for improving your park's signage
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Good Places

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
An Urban Parks Institute article covering the four cornerstones of a good place: uses & activities, access & linkage, comfort & image - and perhaps most important - sociability.
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Parks, Recreation, & “Active Community Environments”

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
This initiative from the Centers for Disease Control links neighborhood design with public health, promoting the development and use of close-to-home parks and many other planning changes to encourage physical activity. Includes a two-page downloadable information sheet.
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Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Ellen Ruppel Shell argues that children's imaginations are more important than play equipment, and covers design trends such as the reintroducing of nature into play spaces. From Smithsonian Magazine
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