Beautification

Beauty and the City

Architects and urbanists gathered in the city Jane Jacobs made her home to ask, "What makes a beautiful city?"
22 April 2011 - 2:00pm
Azure

Public Trees: Landscaping, or Food Source?

An art group called Fallen Fruit promotes the idea of public fruit trees for general consumption by all. But on a trip to Madrid to plant trees, the government refused their intervention, saying that trees were architecture for the city, not food.
3 March 2010 - 1:00pm
GOOD Magazine

Former Slum Named City's Most Beautiful Street

A Philly street once dubbed the "Skid Row" of Fishtown has been transformed by a handful of determined residents through years of painting, sweeping and fixing broken windows.
9 December 2009 - 8:00am
Philadelphia Daily News

The Value of a Petunia

Annapolis, Maryland has had a popular beautification program to fill downtown with flowers, but with recent layoffs and cuts, the true value of the program has come into question.
6 September 2009 - 5:00am
The Baltimore Sun

'Self-Motivated Activism' Behind Park's Beautification

Thanks to the ambitious clean-up efforts of a few residents, a neglected, unofficial park on city land is now maintained daily and is on its way to being a greenway.
5 November 2008 - 10:00am
The New York Times

Pay No Attention to the Neighborhood Behind the Curtain

In a last-minute effort to beautify the city before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics, officials in Beijing have put up walls and screens to hide unsightly neighborhoods from the eyes of visitors. Those behind the walls are not happy.
31 July 2008 - 10:00am
The New York Times

California City Considers Banning Billboards

Following the example set by Sao Paulo, Brazil, the city of Encinitas, California is considering a plan to ban new billboard advertisements within the city.
6 June 2008 - 12:00pm
The North County Times
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