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The best public buildings, no matter how modest their size, accomplish two things at once. They do the job that people expect and then they go beyond expectations. read more »
The Bloomingdale Trail is an ambitious project to turn this dilapidated elevated train line into a civic jewel for Chicago (includes video). read more »
We were warned. In 1930, in “Parks, Playgrounds and Beaches for the Los Angeles Region,” the Olmsted brothers and Harland Bartholomew urged the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to set aside land and funds to create 70,000 acres of parkland running from the mountains to the Pacific. Considerable lengths of the “pleasureways” would trace natural rivers where parkland could double as flood control boundaries. read more »
Preliminary design for the Bloomingdale Trail project is under way. read more »
Students, parents and teachers gathered at PS/IS 116 in Jamaica Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a new $1 million playground, which was designed by kids and includes a gazebo, basketball courts and an outdoor classroom. read more »
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park is ''in the money'' in terms of completing the sale of undeveloped land at Blossom Music Center. That's the way Bill Carroll of the Trust for Public Land described the good news from the National Park Service. read more »
Students at Public School 181 in East Flatbush are in love with their new playground - because they designed it themselves. read more »
A new WRI report explores what makes public ballot measures successful and how they can help conserve forests in the U.S. South. read more »
The town reached an agreement with the nonprofit Trust for Public Land Wednesday to work jointly to buy 301 acres of open space near Darrow Pond from Webster Bank for $4.15 million. read more »
The Trust for Public Land has received an approval for $3 million from the California Coastal Conservancy to help buy 63 acres at the eastern gateway of the Gaviota Coast near the UCSB. read more »
Congaree National Park will be one contiguous tract of land again soon, and public access to the south end of the nearly 26,500 acres could be on the horizon. read more »
A 61-acre undeveloped parcel in the township that will expand access to Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area has been preserved. read more »
Holly Farm Park in the West Portland Park neighborhood of Southwest Portland has been named a "Frontline Park” by the City Parks Alliance, a national urban park advocacy organization. read more »
We think of cemeteries as timeless places at a remove from life. Yet they aren't really untouched by trendiness. You can thank funeral fads, in fact, for a landmark purchase that the Portland City Council announced this week. The city is in the process of acquiring 146 acres from the historic River View Cemetery. read more »
Last Wednesday, students at P.S. 181 celebrated a new $1 million community playground they helped to design. read more »
