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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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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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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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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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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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Management Innovations Result in Cleaner City Playgrounds

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
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New York City’s playgrounds are cleaner and their equipment is in better structural condition as a result of quicker detection of problems, the use of welfare workers for clean-up and changed procedures for allocating capital funds for repair. The impetus for change has come from a more frequent and strategic use [...]

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Trees, Urban Communities, and Domestic Violence

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Two researchers at the University of Illinois find evidence that trees may reduce violence.
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Places for People

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
Why do some parks flourish while others fail? M. Christine DeVita, President of the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, shows why community involvement is key. From Trust for Public Land's "Land and People" magazine.
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Planning Events

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

More than a dozen different guides covering all the ins and outs of events, from New York City’s Partnership for Parks. Some of the information is thus New York-specific, but in general, these tipsheets tell you everything you need to know.

Planning Successful Events

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Greenways Fact Sheet

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

A helpful primer on greenways, including a list of resources on benefits (air quality, flood control, etc.), from the Trails & Greenways clearinghouse.

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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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Ten Tactical Steps for National Media Coverage

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
This advice is directed toward Brooklyn's Prospect Park Alliance, but the tips and strategies are applicable to park groups at large. From Steve Coleman of Washington Parks & People.
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