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Creating Playspaces by and for Children

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Children can and should participate in creating and transforming their play spaces; a presentation by Roger Hart, Children's Environments Research Group.
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Stone Soup: Mobilizing Hidden Assets for Park Revitalization

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A fable illustrating the value of unearthing all community resources when money is scarce. From Steve Coleman of Washington Parks & People.
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Cooking With Fire In Public Space

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Four excerpts from Jutta Mason's book on how campfires and a communal bake-oven dramatically changed a Toronto park.
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Why Friends and Allies Are Important

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

Partnerships for Parks gives the rundown on the benefits of reaching out and making connections.

What Can Friends and Allies Offer?

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Building a Successful Community Campaign

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
You are not alone! Partnerships for Parks' list shows the range of resources available in your community.
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A Wood-fired Communal Oven In A Park: Why Bother?

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
An excerpt from Cooking With Fire in Public Space, which details the positive effects of campfires and a community brick oven in a Toronto park.
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Miracle on Woodward Avenue

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
A Detroit native goes home to see whether Campus Martius Park lives up to its billing.
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Doing It Wrong To Get It Right

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Urban critic and journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz on what's needed to truly revitalize our cities.
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Entrepreneurial Programming Brings Economic Gains to Swedish Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Skillful management and a desirable location make Stockholm's Kungsträdgården both economically self-sufficient and popular with tourists and locals.
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Campfire Stories

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
An excerpt from Cooking With Fire in Public Space, which details the positive effects of campfires and a community brick oven in a Toronto park.
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Design and Management of Greenways

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Chuck Flink, Founder of Greenways, Inc. discusses key elements that help the success of greenways, inclding history, form, safety, and stewardship.
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Urban Rivers: Georgia’s Chattahoochee

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

The Chattahoochee provides drinking water for half of all Georgians and is Atlanta’s most significant natural resource. Read about the Trust for Public Land’s efforts to restore this important urban river.

Chattahoochee River Land Protection Campaign

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