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Activists to Turn Parking Spaces into Green Spaces
Brian Krier | Fri, Aug 22nd, 2008 | Category: Events | City: Los Angeles | Tags: brian krier, parks, public space, green space, parking, land use, guerilla gardening, parking day | 4
Between all the mammoth S.U.V.s, boxy minivans and compact cars, parallel parking in any city can be a nightmare. Come Sept. 19, drivers in cities around the world vying for curbside parking will also have to compete with potted plants, park benches and some clever environmental activists.
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SoDal, Kampala Green, Urban Peripheries, Semicolon Love , more
Hayley Richardson | Mon, Feb 18th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, transit, minneapolis, dallas, green space, walker art center, semicolon, sodal, urban peripheries, dulles airport, transition towns, kampala, favelas, peak oil | 0
Fixing Southern Dallas (Start by Calling it SoDal)
“Fixing southern Dallas requires interrupting the cycle of failure and creating enough reverse momentum for success to start breeding success. It won’t be easy, and it won’t happen quickly, but here are some ways that might help get it started:”
“The Transition Towns movement, a coalition of community-led response initiatives to peak oil and climate change, has been spreading rapidly. Starting in Ireland, and…
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Headlines
Can Stand Alone Malls Survive? Smug bikers, underwater cities, rail revolution, more
Hayley Richardson | Fri, Feb 15th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, green space, stand-alone malls, amsterdam, ripon college, coal mine, clean energy, liberal arts, arabian villa, canals | 0
Can Stand Alone Malls Survive?
The stand-alone mall isn’t dead. It’s just dysfunctional. That was one of the sentiments expressed at an Urban Land Institute panel that tackled the question, “Can stand-alone malls survive?” The question was posed Thursday, during ULI’s annual Reinventing Retail conference at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.”
Enclosed courtyards with the cool comforts of shady trees and water fountains — the basic…
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