Parks

In a much-hyped address earlier this week. Mayor Rahm Emanuel chose the title "Building on Burnham" to describe his survey of the Chicago's ongoing and future plans to develop parks and open space.

March 25, 2016 - Chicago Tribune

A new train themed park at a Metro Gold Line station in Monrovia is reviewed by park planner Clement Lau.

March 22, 2016 - UrbDeZine

Investment in public space is shaping up as a signature initiative for new Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.

February 26, 2016 - Philadelphia

The city of Dallas recently approved a new Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan and the city's first Recreation Master Plan. The comp plan updated the previous Renaissance Plan.

February 14, 2016 - Next City

Next City surveys the most ambitious examples of park design from a year of ambitious projects.

January 11, 2016 - Next City

Perkins Eastman has created a splashy proposal for a linear, at-grade park running along a long stretch of one of New York's most famous avenues.

December 18, 2015 - Dezeen

A local non-profit recently announced funding for the development of five public green spaces in the coming year. The projects represent incremental progress toward a larger, shared vision.

December 17, 2015 - Indystar

Parks aren't always justified in economic terms, but a new report finds $140 billion reasons why parks are a positive addition to local communities.

December 10, 2015 - Next City

A once-neglected park is at the center of efforts to breathe new life into Germantown's business district.

November 16, 2015 - philly.com

A pointed editorial decries the over-regulation that has followed the renaissance of public spaces in Los Angeles.

November 14, 2015 - Los Angeles Times

While standardized metrics for determining the number of and place for city parks cannot replace more fine grain analysis, they can be useful tools. Park planner Clement Lau writes about five park-need metrics, including a couple of the newest.

November 13, 2015 - UrbDeZine

A city has always been understood and defined as a pattern of human settlement. This op-ed suggests that a city needs to be a product of its environment, rather than the environment simply being a product of it.

November 8, 2015 - Steven Snell

A 1.5-acre park in Cleveland should be ready in time for the 2016 Republican National Convention. The small park is just the first step, however, toward a much grander vision for a corner of Cleveland with deep connections to the city's past.

November 4, 2015 - Cleveland Plain-Dealer

While we often talk about the places that are park poor, Builder Online has done the data crunching to find out which cities are park rich.

October 18, 2015 - Builder

$285 million in capital dollars through 2019 will help fund parks in New York not called the High Line and lacking high-profile private backing.

October 13, 2015 - Inhabitat NYC

Oklahoma City has earned a big recognition. Myriad Botanical Gardens executive director Maureen Heffernan says know her team knows what it feels like to win a World Series.

October 9, 2015 - KOCO

The latest city to upgrade its urban waterfront into an open space amenity is Philadelphia, which will open Pier 68 to the public October 1, 2015.

September 30, 2015 - PlanPhilly

After transforming opinions about public space with the High Line in New York, James Corner Field Operations will shift focus below the tracks—the Underline park under the MetroRail line in Miami.

September 18, 2015 - ASLA The Dirt

One of the country's most passionate supporters of parks writes a review of a book that explores the characteristics and qualities of great parks.

September 10, 2015 - The Nature of Cities

Plans to transform 60,000 square feet of dormant space under New York's Delancey Street into a park could be ready to reemerge into the public discussion.

September 8, 2015 - The Awl