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The Chattanooga Riverpark: Transforming a City and its Economy

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
How a park helped this once-faded industrial town become one of the most talked-about cities in the Southeast. A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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The Big Backyard: Neighborhood Park Becomes Center of Community Activity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
With locally-inspired activities that fly in the face of traditional park programs, from bread-baking to puppet shows, Toronto residents created a community place out of a park neglected by locals and city officials alike.
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Neighborhoods First: Putting Community Back into the Chicago Park District

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Crossing Delancey, Conservancy Brings Diverse Groups Together

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A New York City couple uses its deep roots in a community to cross ethnic divides and restore a drug haven into a flourishing and diverse gathering place.
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Key Factors in Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A summary of factors involved in an integrated strategy to create safer parks, including design, access, user involvement and more. From Toronto Parks & Recreation's Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks.
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Evaluating Roger Williams Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Lessons in evaluating parks, observation, and making short and long-term recommendations.
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Master Planning

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

What all is involved in creating a vision for a park’s future – and seeing it through to implementation? Learn more with the features, guidelines and case studies in this section.

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Master Planning A primer on developing a tangible vision of your park’s present and future – and what’s [...]
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New “Market Square” Park Reconnects Residents and Merchants to Downtown

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A public square in downtown Ossining, New York, was created out of the momentum around a farmer's market - and helped change people's perceptions about downtown. A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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The Benefits and Drawbacks of Master Planning

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A primer on developing a tangible vision of your park's present and future - and what's required to get there. From Project for Public Spaces' Public Parks, Private Partners.
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Five Parks that Need a Turnaround

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 1, 2004 | 1 Comment
Observing the world's best parks is inspiring, but learning from the missed opportunities of underperforming parks can be more helpful in creating great public spaces.
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Parks for the Future

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 1, 2004 | Add Comment
PPS President Fred Kent frames the debate on contemporary park design and landscape architecture.
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Urban Parks: Innovate Or Stagnate

By Project for Public Spaces on May 1, 2003 | Add Comment
If the majority of America's parks aren't going to stagnate, they're going to need to learn from those parks that are getting it right.
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