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PPS’ Approach to Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Oct 13, 2009 | Add Comment
Successful public spaces are lively places where the many functions of community life take place, and where people feel ownership and connectedness -- true common ground.
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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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Magic in the Motor City

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2010 | Add Comment
Detroit's new public square, Campus Martius, brings life back downtown.
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Discovery Green has been credited with spurring much reinvestment downtown. Flickr photo by erion.shehaj

Placemaking Pays Off

By Project for Public Spaces on Dec 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
New projects in Detroit and Houston show great places bring great economic returns
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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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WaterFire Art Installation Lights Up Downtown Providence

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
The story behind an award-winning fire-and-music installation by artist Barnaby Evans, which has had an impressive cultural and economic impact on downtown Providence.
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Making Parks Work In Cleveland

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
In Cleveland, good public spaces and parks are regarded as critical in helping the city attract highly mobile "New Economy" businesses and workers. This article reports on an effort to identify potential new open spaces downtown and build a constituency for investing in them.
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Why Open Space Promotes Urban Development

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A Denver business leader explains why the creation of Commons Park, along the Central Platte Valley, was a cornerstone in developing new mixed-use downtown neighborhoods.
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Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now

By Project for Public Spaces on May 22, 2012 | Add Comment
A low-cost, high-impact incremental framework for improving your community in short order

“Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” (LQC) describes a local development strategy that has produced some of the world’s most successful public spaces — one that is lower risk and lower cost, capitalizing on the creative energy of the community to efficiently generate new uses [...]

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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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Waste Receptacles

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Their durability and functionality play a key role in the efficient management of a public space.

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Benches

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Giving some thought to the design, placement, and location of this oft-used seating can greatly improve a public space.
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