Pocket Park

Fenced off vacant lot in Los Angeles

Improving Communities With Pocket Parks

Construction begins for a new pocket park in Westmont, an underserved unincorporated community in Los Angeles County.

June 28, 2023 - Urbanize LA

Backyard Transformed Into Pocket Park

Downtown Nantucket has acquired a Main St. residents backyard in a prime spot for a pocket park. Landscape architect David W. Bartsch dug in to create an historically correct park style.

November 17, 2008 - The Inquirer and Mirror

The Hidden Parks of New York

Midtown New York is some of the densest property in the U.S., but in between the skyscrapers you can find a number of small, hidden oases from the busy streets.

October 2, 2008 - The New York Times

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

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The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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