DW reports that Berlin’s former 950-acre Tempelhof Airport has opened for the first time under its new use as a city park. The interesting thing about the opening is that nothing has changed – runways, the terminal, the hanger are all just the same as they were before (until the city decides how to design [...]
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late last month released recommendations for improving public health through transportation policy, saying that a concentration on motor vehicles has created an environment where physical activity is discouraged, air quality is poor and pedestrian deaths are all too likely. The report recommends that actions be taken [...]
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Boy Scouts, challenging a 2003 ruling that the Scouts could not lease city-owned park land in San Diego because of their religious affiliation. The Washington Post has the full story. More on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston’s linear park built over the “Big Dig” freeway tunnel: [...]
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Via Kaid Benfield’s blog, we learned about this great video below promoting smarter growth in the Atlanta area, that features Glenwood Park, a great urban infill neighborhood north of downtown. The video is not about parks, but one can see the role parks play within good development. As Glenwood Park developer Charles Brewer notes, residents [...]
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Haya El Nasser of USA Today takes a look at cities thinking differently about freeways cutting through there communities. The article overviews plans in Dallas to cover a part of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway around downtown, shrink the footprint of the Fort Washington Way in Cincinnati and turn the riverfront-blocking I-70 in St. Louis into [...]
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Neal Peirce writes about the Chicago-based Institute on Comprehensive Community Development, a new effort to consider the many issues of community development beyond traditional housing initiatives. TPL has done some research into this matter, trying to find ways for housing and parks issue to connect more, and we’re happy to see this news. Peirce describes [...]
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Students in the Bronx celebrate their new playground, one of 42 vacant lots that the Trust for Public Land has transformed into playgrounds and community spaces in New York City. (NY1) Proof parks are brought to life by their communities — Youngstown, Ohio residents set up a temporary “pop-up park” in a downtown parking space. [...]
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