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Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They Need Opportunity

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Ellen Ruppel Shell argues that children's imaginations are more important than play equipment, and covers design trends such as the reintroducing of nature into play spaces. From Smithsonian Magazine
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Shared Partnerships, Shared Responsibility: Partnerships in Golden Gate National Parks

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An interview with Brian O'Neill, Superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and Greg Moore, Executive Director of the Golden Gate National Parks Association, on their long-term partnership.
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The Tipping Point

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

This New Yorker article from 1996 by Malcolm Gladwell has become a minor classic fusing concepts of safety, sociology, and urban life with disease research.

The Tipping Point

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Lessons in Master Planning

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Master planning, especially when it makes use of significant community involvement, is a complex process. In reviewing master-planning projects in six widely varying urban public spaces, the Urban Parks Institute identifies key elements that make for success.
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Mapping Park Use and Surveying Park Visitors: A Discussion

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Notes and findings from Prospect Park Alliance and Central Park Conservancy representatives, on increasing park use and understanding the needs of users.
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Graffiti Primer

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An overview of important graffiti issues facing park planners and managers, from the Urban Parks Institute.
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New “Market Square” Park Reconnects Residents and Merchants to Downtown

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A public square in downtown Ossining, New York, was created out of the momentum around a farmer's market - and helped change people's perceptions about downtown. A Success Story from the Urban Parks Institute.
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Handling Money

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A top-notch tip sheet for small parks groups, from New York City's Partnership for Parks.
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Achieving Great Parks

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Charles Jordan, director of Parks and Recreation for Portland, Oregon, speeks to how great parks are essential to city life and urban redevelopment.
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Public Funding, Public Recognition

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David Fisher, Former Superintendent of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, believes that "if you can bring decision-making down to the community level, you will find that communities will decide in favor of parks and revitalization."
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A Conservancy Rebuilds and Revitalizes Urban Parkland

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Susan Rademacher of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, on how the conservancy was formed and its first steps toward restoring and increasing use in Lousiville's parks.
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Sample Partnership Agreement

By Project for Public Spaces on Jan 1, 2009 | Add Comment
Consultant Leon Younger uses this boilerplate agreement to initiate projects or programs between public and private partners.
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