Englischer Garten is probably the most well-known large municipal park in Munich, and perhaps the city’s most visited. Its landscape, features and pleasant gardens offer both respite from the city to relax or space to play (or “spielen” in German). Along one of its ponds, the park’s beautiful outdoor beer garden is one of the [...]
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An interesting story about a tree from the World Trade Center site in New York City, saved after 9/11 and brought back to life in one of the city’s parks. more about "A 9/11 Survivor Blossoms in the Bronx", posted with vodpod More about the tree here at the Times City Room blog.
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Beijing’s new Olympic Forest Park, constructed for the 2008 summer Olympics was just profiled in the Bangkok Post (in English). The city’s largest park, at 680 hectres (about 1,680 acres) is proving to be a popular place with residents after the games left town. From the news story: As the park was to be used [...]
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The Interior Department just announced that some of Washington, D.C.’s parks will receive funding for improvements and rehabilitation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, including the National Mall and the large and maintenance-backlogged Rock Creek Park, the city’s largest park. The Washington Post: The District of Columbia War Memorial, the domed temple to the [...]
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Where can I find something to give me a summary on the relationship of parks and health? This is a question we here quite a bit. One good source that gives such an overview is an article in the Research Digest of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness from March, 2008. Some of the questions [...]
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President Obama yesterday did two good things for city parks: he signed a law that more than doubles the size of Americorps and then visited a local Washington D.C. park to signify the act. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act provides for gradually increasing the size of AmeriCorps to 250,000 enrollees from its current [...]
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In this video from Fox NY, kids react to a new playground at one of the largest public schools in the country in the Corona section of Queens, New York City. The schoolyard went from a barren asphalt lot to a new playground/park open all day, and to the public during non-school hours. This playground [...]
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Atlanta’s parks under director Dianne Harnell Cohen (AJC) Davenport, Iowa turns a city dump into a central riverfront park (WQAD) Urban gardening takes root in a Chicago neighborhood (Chicago Tribune) Transit with a green touch, literally. (Kaid Benfield)
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In a series of posts, we will begin featuring excerpts from the recently released publication from TPL on measuring the economic value of city parks. In this first post, we look at the increased property values attributed to parks in Washington, D.C.: The most famous park in Washington, D.C. may be the National Mall with [...]
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Go inside one of America’s most famous restaurants: Tavern on the Green in New York’s Central Park. Here’s some interesting tidbits from a New York Times article on the famous destination, which is up for a new lease this year. There are 1,000 seats in the restaurant; There are as many as 650,000 diners a [...]
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