Articles Why True Neighborhood Building Requires the Dedication of a Few 'Zealous Nuts' Fred KentApr 28, 2013
Articles Citizen Forestry: Why Trees Don't Make Sustainable Communities, People Do Lisa CahillApr 13, 2013
Articles London's Rushing to Copy New York's High Line Park for Its Economic Effects Dave BurdickOct 27, 2012
Articles Movin' On Up: Iconic New York Statue Gets Penthouse Apartment Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi re-imagines 13-foot sculpture of Christopher Columbus by building a living room around it.Yasha Wallin30 Sep, 2012
Articles Occupied Ground: Parklets in Former Street Parking Coming to Los Angeles The parklet movement is really starting to catch on with a pilot program in auto obsessed LA next.Carly Cody31 Aug, 2012
Articles Better Block: Bottom-Up Urban Reboot In a Single Weekend In September, The Better Block is taking on Detroit for two days, activating a block's vacant space into a public hub filled with pop-up shops.Julie Ma28 Aug, 2012
Articles Meter Made: Park a Tree Like a Car and You've Got a Parklet In Milan, a mobile park and Wi-Fi hub takes over spaces intended for Fiats.Zachary Slobig06 Aug, 2012
Articles GOOD Ideas for Cities: Creating Pride for Public Parks Parks are often taken for granted. How can cities get residents to support their parks on an ongoing basis?Alissa Walker04 May, 2012
Articles Intermission: The Guerrilla Gardener See a "guerilla gardener" attack some potholes and make the world a little more beautiful.Julie Ma21 Jan, 2012
Articles Can Manhattan's High Line Be Replicated? Several Cities Are Trying Every week, it seems, a different city is pitching its old steel rails as the “next” High Line.John Cary22 Dec, 2011
Articles Can Harvard's New Innovation Lab Crank Out Entrepreneurs? The lab of fresh ideas and collaboration is set to open this fall.Liz Dwyer23 Jul, 2011
Articles Atwater Village Farm Lets Neighbors Invest in Their Own Corner Store Imagine a true neighborhood market where you can connect not only with local food and farmers, but also with your neighbors.Alissa Walker09 Jun, 2011
Articles New York Public Library Leaving 25,000 Copies of Centennial Book in Public Places The special centennial book, featuring pieces from Stephen Colbert among others, will be left around New York for people to pick up and share.Liz Dwyer15 May, 2011
Articles Food for Thinkers: Dancing at the Dinner Table and Fighting in the Streets Architecture and urbanism blog Deconcrete examines how our place settings turn dining into free jazz or classical ballet.Nicola Twilley23 Jan, 2011
Placemaking 101: Ten Steps to Transform a Public Space Have a vacant parking lot or lonely street corner that needs a little love? Learn how to bring it back to life with these tips from Project for Public Spaces.Kyla Fullenwider27 Dec, 2010
The GOOD 100: Public Ad Campaign Ad Hominem: Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign is cleaning up the streets. Advertisements are ubiquitous in American cities....Good Is13 Oct, 2009
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