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Park Campfires: How and Why To Have Them

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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Parks 2001 Background: Who, What, How, When & Why

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Information on the campaign to increase New York City's funding for parks -during an unprecented turnover in the city's elected leadership.
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The People Behind Great Playgrounds

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
This list of influential thinkers and doers is a great starting point for anyone doing their own research into playspaces.
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Elements of a Successful Playspace

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Discover the design principles that keep children engaged time after time.
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Gateway Parks and Trails Fact Sheet

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Emerging from the St. Louis 2004 Parks and Open Space Task Force, Gateway Parks and Trails 2004 was incorporated in January, 1999. Its purpose is to oversee the Clean Water, Safe Parks and Community Trails Initiative, a proposal to create a metropolitan recreation district
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Placemaking in National Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Learn more on placemaking in National Parks and how to get involved.
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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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The World’s Best and Worst Parks

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 1, 2004 | 2 Comments
PPS names the parks--both superb and shameful--that stand out from the rest. Which places do you think should make the list?
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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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Oakland’s Fruitvale Neighborhood Transforms César Chávez Park

By Project for Public Spaces on Sep 5, 2002 | 1 Comment
Local students, residents, teachers, and artists combined to turn this formerly derelict green space into a place to be proud of. (Courtesy of the Spanish Speaking Unity Council)
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New Home, Fresh Outlook

By Project for Public Spaces on Aug 5, 2002 | Add Comment
How one non-profit's change of address is turning around a neighborhood. (Written with the generous assistance of Parkway Partners, New Orleans, LA)
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