It seems like a no-brainer: dismantling Philadelphia’s abandoned Reading Viaduct would cost much more than transforming it into a three-quarter mile elevated park that could spur residential development in the Center City neighborhood. Advocates are starting to gather the political and financial support to get the project moving. (Philadelphia Inquirer) In Milwaukee, a business group [...]
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This week’s opening of Columbus Commons, a downtown park on the site of an old mall, already has people anticipating a strong residential and commercial market response (The Columbus Dispatch) In Seattle, landscape architect James Corner unveiled “big ideas” for a more accessible, walkable waterfront with numerous parks jutting out into Elliott Bay (The Seattle [...]
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New York City’s green infrastructure plan, which will rely on parks to control stormwater runoff, is certainly forward looking, but its roots can be traced back two hundred years (The New York Times) With tighter budgets, parks departments are looking for ways to maintain parks for less. Enter what might be described as the “Ziptrailer” model, [...]
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While Seattle’s tree canopy has grown city-wide over the last five years, tree cover in city parks is declining. Since 2007, 60 acres of tree cover has been lost, and Seattle is turning to volunteers and public-private partnerships to help plant new trees (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Great Britain is conducting a national survey to create a [...]
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Seattle’s voters approved the Parks and Green Spaces Levy in 2008, financing the development of more than 20 new neighborhood parks – but is new construction coming at the expense of existing parks? (The Seattle Times) In reaction to public opposition to financing Brooklyn Bridge Park by building high-rise apartments, a consulting agency has released [...]
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An interesting interview with Adriaan Geuze, the landscape architect tasked with designing a new park on 87 acres of New York City’s Governer’s Island (The Design Observer Group) A preview of Cincinnati’s new 45-acre Riverfront Park, whose operations will largely be funded by an on-site restaurant and microbrewery (Cincinnati.com) In other riverfront park news, the grounds of [...]
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Nashville’s Centennial Park may soon have more green space around its famous Parthenon, as a new Master Plan includes proposals to reduce roads and parking (NewsChannel 5 Nashville) Momentum is growing in Minneapolis for a downtown greening initiative, including a possible new central park, spurred by hopes of attracting growth and new residents (MinnPost) San Francisco’s [...]
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Seniors will comprise 20% of the nation’s population by 2030, and Philadelphia is investigating how its parks could better serve the needs of older citizens (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Is there room for horses, hikers, and cyclists on Los Angeles’ urban trails? (Los Angeles Times) New York University’s expansion threatens seven small, yet beloved, green spaces [...]
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San Francisco’s newest Pavement to Parks project, which will provide more room on Powell Street for pedestrians, is sponsored by…a car company (Streetsblog San Francisco) The upside of Wisconsin’s abandonment of high-speed rail: more room for parks in Madison (The Cap Times) What to expect from the second phase of New York’s High Line, which will double [...]
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Paris is dreaming of a green Christmas. The city has set up 95 public collection areas where Christmas trees can be recycled and turned into fertilizer for the city’s parks (Springwise) Prospect Park is moving forward while keeping an eye on the past, with a $70 million renovation that will restore the original vision of [...]
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