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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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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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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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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

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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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Crossing Delancey, Conservancy Brings Diverse Groups Together

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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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Master Planning

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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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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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Dreaming Spaces Anew

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Filmmaker Austin Allen looks at park design and park activities from the point of view of African-Americans.
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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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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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