In Boston, the iconic Christian Science Center and Plaza plans for redesign on a human scale, adding a pedestrian bridge to the massive reflecting pool and adding trees and benches (Boston Globe). The Urbanophile covers People for Urban Progress (PUP), an Indianapolis nonprofit which is repurposing city materials to repair and improve the park system. [...]
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Kids rally to save Rice Field Park in Des Moines. ABC 5 has the story about the kids and their organizer, an 11-year old who says the field is the heart of their community. Archpaper covers the plans to redevelop 65 acres in the Port of San Francisco for recreational & commercial use. Birds, people, [...]
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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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Forbes.com is out with its annual list of the “Best Cities for the Outdoors.” The list looks at a combination of issues from climate to parks, using TPL’s data on city parks. (Some cold-weather cities and their cross-country skiers may take issue with using measures such as snowfall.) The winner: San Francisco. Perhaps one wouldn’t [...]
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Yet more news on big music festivals in parks. Word has it from the City Insider blog at the San Francisco Chronicle that the city’s Rec. and Park Dept. was thrilled with the Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park this year. The reason: revenue. (Read our past posts here.) These things are bringing [...]
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An article the other day in the San Francisco Chronicle describes the parks in Mission Bay, a new neighborhood now springing up that city: Sometimes it’s hard to separate the identity of a San Francisco neighborhood from its park. After all, what would the Mission District be without Dolores Park, or North Beach without Washington [...]
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