Dogs are good for neighborhood parks. Is it “dog eyes on the park?” (Richard Layman via Ezra Klein) Don’t forget about broomball, the poor man’s hockey that is easier to play and in some ways more fun. Cincinnati’s Fountain Square features a league. (UrbanCincy) Kaid Benfield lists the past year’s top smart growth stories. #1: [...]
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Many city park systems around the country are faced with increasing deferred maintenance costs to repair or replace facilities. This ranges from neglected Olmsted-designed parks to aging playground equipment, benches and walkways. One system that embodies this is Milwaukee County, which runs the city and county parks and has an estimated $200 million backlog of [...]
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With public buildings being, well, public — their roofs are places not only to go green but to potentially open as commons. The other day we heard from the New York Times of the ambitious $4 billion project to build a new transit center and related facilities in San Francsico. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli [...]
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