Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Project for Public Spaces

Broadway Boulevard Confirms: People Will Sit in Well-Placed Seats

By Ben Fried | Sep 23, 2008 | 14 Comments

Broadway Boulevard takes center stage in a USA Today story on New York City’s recent pedestrian improvements. Those who questioned whether people would sit in plazas near passing traffic have their answer: Bianca Assim-Kon, 30, was initially skeptical about the plazas. "I saw them doing this, and my co-worker and I (said) all the tourists […]

Placemaking on the Upper East Side

By Brad Aaron | Sep 11, 2008 | 7 Comments

Tuesday evening, Project for Public Spaces held a "placemaking" community workshop for Manhattan’s Upper East Side, featuring PPS founder and president Fred Kent. Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly was there and files this report. Kent gave a presentation to about 50 citizen and community activists from the East Side regarding the efforts in New York City and […]

Streetfilms: Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

According to the Project for Public Spaces (PPS), Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square is one of the Top 10 greatest public spaces in the U.S. & Canada. I couldn’t agree more. Affectionately referred to as the city’s "living room" the charming and versatile block was once slated to be a parking garage in the 1960s. […]

Historic Town Chooses to “Retain Its Charm” By Enabling Sprawl

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2008 | 23 Comments

On Friday, Streetsblog looked at how northern Virginia can’t get enough road widening. As a follow-up, Gary Toth of Project for Public Spaces directed us to another example of how smart growth faces hurdles in the places that need it most — in this case, the Trenton suburb of Bordentown, New Jersey (right: the main […]

Eyes on the Street: Gansevoort Plaza Open for Business (Updated)

By Jason Varone | Apr 24, 2008 | 36 Comments

The view of Gansevoort Plaza looking west. Less than a month ago, the Meatpacking District’s Gansevoort Plaza was a chaotic free-for-all for vehicles. Today it sports a large pedestrian space lined with planters and bollards. The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these photos showing the new seating and street furniture in action, two weeks […]

StreetFilm: The Street Life of Havana

By Ben Fried | Feb 26, 2008 | 40 Comments

Ethan Kent of Project for Public Spaces recently returned from a trip to Havana with a trove of pictures, cut together in this Streetfilm by Nick Whitaker. Whatever changes are in store for the country in the wake of Fidel Castro’s departure from power, these images make clear that the dense, flourishing street life of […]

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