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Parks
Parks
From Passive Green Space to Natural Gathering Place

In the 19th century, the first public parks were created so people could escape from the dirty reality of city life. In the 21st century, the best parks are embracing their urban context by combining greenery with dynamic community uses.

Featured 
Parks
Placemaking
 Articles
Featured 
Parks
 Articles
January 8, 2018
Creating Great Urban Parks
By 
Fred Kent
December 14, 2017
Signature Places: Great Parks we can Learn From
By 
December 20, 2017
Why Build Partnerships for Parks?
By 
December 20, 2017
When Bad Things Happen to Good Parks
By 
Ethan Kent
December 19, 2017
Whom Does Design Really Serve?
By 
Fred Kent
Great Public Spaces
More Case Studies
Tenri Station
Tenri
, 
Nara
, 
Japan
Academy of Music Bus Stop
Northampton
, 
MA
, 
USA
Fruitvale BART Station
Oakland
, 
CA
, 
USA
Hal's Parklet
Albany
, 
CA
, 
USA
La Mariposa
Bogotá D.C.
, 
, 
Colombia
River Garden
Memphis
, 
TN
, 
USA
Recent 
Parks
Placemaking
 Articles
August 5, 2022
New York’s Most Exciting New Public Space is a Street in Queens
January 14, 2022
Thinking Beyond the Parks Department: A Q&A with Javier Otero Peña
December 15, 2021
Catching Up with the 2020 Clarity Parks Project™ Grantees
September 29, 2021
Getting Kids Outside for Better Health with the Makers of Claritin®
June 25, 2021
Flyover Park: Empowering the Next Generation of City Builders in Calgary
August 26, 2020
How an Atlanta park is connecting people to housing through place-based social service provision
July 31, 2020
Restoring the Joy of Parks in Communities Impacted by Natural Disasters with the Makers of Claritin®
January 27, 2020
Public Space, Park Space, and Racialized Space
November 25, 2019
Where Placemaking Meets the Outdoors in Northwest Arkansas
October 25, 2019
Public Life After Death: How Six Cemeteries Are Reclaiming Their Role as Public Spaces
December 5, 2017
Still Waiting for a Nice Place to Sit
September 27, 2014
Placemaking Roundup: Positive Vibes, PARK(ing) Day, and Parties
February 9, 2014
How to Bring Life to Vacant Lots
October 2, 2012
Whom Does Design Really Serve?
August 15, 2010
PPS Park Projects Spur Downtown Development in Houston and Detroit
December 31, 2009
Signature Places: Great Parks we can Learn From
December 30, 2009
Placemaking Pays Off: How a Green Space Advances Economic Development
January 1, 2009
Furnishing Your Public Spaces
December 31, 2008
Planning, Designing and Maintaining Safer Parks: Introduction
December 31, 2008
Cohesive Neighborhoods are Safer Neighborhoods
December 31, 2008
Food
December 31, 2008
Why Build Partnerships for Parks?
December 31, 2008
What Role Can Citizens Play in Creating Safer Parks?
December 31, 2008
Small-Grant Programs
December 31, 2008
Master Planning
December 31, 2008
New Online Tools to Win Park Funding
December 31, 2008
Building a Nonprofit Parks Organization
December 31, 2008
Re-Imagining Brooklyn's Inner Core
December 31, 2008
Master Planning Case Study: Albert Park
December 31, 2008
Their Work Is Child's Play
December 31, 2008
A Primer on Seating
December 31, 2008
Rating New York's Parks and Playgrounds
December 31, 2008
Places for People
December 31, 2008
Louisville Olmsted Park Conservancy: Stronger Partnerships Aid Fundraising
December 31, 2008
What Role Can Programming Play in Creating Safer Parks?
December 31, 2008
Sample Partnership Agreement
December 31, 2008
Inappropriate Activities
December 31, 2008
Public Funding, Public Recognition
December 31, 2008
Conservancy Funds Major Projects with Donations Large and Small
December 31, 2008
Entrepreneurial Programming Brings Economic Gains to Swedish Park
December 31, 2008
Stone Soup: Mobilizing Hidden Assets for Park Revitalization
December 31, 2008
What If We Just Threw Them A Party?
December 31, 2008
Fundays In Houston's Parks
December 31, 2008
Ten Tactical Steps for National Media Coverage
December 31, 2008
Collaboration With Teens Creates Popular Skate Park
December 31, 2008
Gulf Coast Trail Nurtured by Strong Marketing Program
December 31, 2008
Parks 2001 Background: Who, What, How, When & Why
December 31, 2008
Financing Parks: A Pay-As-You-Go Guide
December 31, 2008
Garage Below Supports Park Above In Boston
December 31, 2008
The Total Park Enterprise: 20 Agency Actions to Maximize Public/Private Green Space Partnerships
December 31, 2008
The Chattanooga Riverpark: Transforming a City and its Economy
December 31, 2008
Design and Management of Greenways
December 31, 2008
Community Policing and Change
December 31, 2008
Prospect Park Alliance Strategic Plan
December 31, 2008
Building Partners in Brooklyn
December 31, 2008
Building a Greenway in Boston
December 31, 2008
Greenway Vision Saves River and Generates Investment
December 31, 2008
Community Defines a New Model for A Park
December 31, 2008
Neighborhoods First: Putting Community Back into the Chicago Park District
December 31, 2008
Public-Private Partnership Increases and Diversifies Use
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