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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

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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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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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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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