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What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Project for Public Spaces
20 November 2004 - 5:00am

PPS examines the changes needed to begin to view urban elements as interrelated components of a single place.

"Imagine, for example, a neighborhood park bordered on one side by a commercial street and on another by a public library. These urban elements work together to form a single place, yet in a typical city that area would likely be managed by a number of public entities, each operating independently of the others. Instead of a unified approach to improving the place, we likely end up with atomized spheres of influence."

Full Story: What If We Built Our Cities Around Places?
Source: Project For Public Spaces, November 18, 2004
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