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• Hump Day Preview for the Weekend

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:11 pm

  Tags: Downtown Public Space

  noon. Silver Lake nightclub Spaceland brings Princeton and Black Pine in the evening. An LA Story: X-Factor came out from Hawaii less than a year ago to test LA and became the Arts District house band having played for a number of community gigs. They had some clubs dates, but tonight is the biggest one yet as they play late in the night at The

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• More Manhattan and Filming

  Published: August 20, 2007, 2:51 pm

  Tags: Downtown Public Space, Downtown As Film Location, Historic Core

  on the west, the maligned public space could be a marker where the personality of Downtown splits. A border checkpoint if you will. While View From a Loft oversimplifies the Eastside vs Westside debate by referring to the street addresses that change from east to west at Main St.,  the 5.5 acres once known as Central Park may have to

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• P3 Myth Busting

  Published: September 7, 2007, 5:35 am

  Tags: Public Space, Ed Stelmach, State Capitalism, Alberta, Reinventing Government, Public Private Partnerships

  contracts and shifting public priorities were considered, many cost more money than their publicly funded equivalent. A key reason was borrowing powers, said researcher Pierre Hamel. All of the projects, whether public or private, were funded with long-term borrowing. Promoters of P3s typically answer that by saying that although the

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• Watch For Falling Rock

  Published: September 19, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Space Debris, Public Space, Toxic, Geology, Wtc, Meteor, Epa, Scientism, Peru

  According to Peru's La Republica newspaper, due to the high number of illnesses, district authorities are considering placing the town of Carancas, Puno, Peru in a state of emergency. It has been reported that at least 600 people have been affected by the meteorite Me thinks Mr. Montoya spoke too soon. Not too modest of him to dismiss the

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• Preview from Saturday Music Fest

  Published: October 7, 2007, 5:36 am

  Tags: Downtown Public Space

  Aja Volkman of indie/soul band Nico Vega sings to Main St during Saturday's LA Weekly Detour Festival  where rave bass beats and some glitter surrounded City Hall from noon to midnight.  Eric and I are sifting through photos and we'll post them later today. After the jump, festival security guard keeps stoic just after being the

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• Restoring Westside and Eastside childhood memories

  Published: October 14, 2007, 2:46 pm

  Tags: Downtown Public Space

  Back in August, Councilman Ed Reyes was seen celebrating the re dedication of the restored bandshell at McArthur Park (once known as Westlake Park). Saturday, Reyes reopened the carousel at Lincoln Park (formerly Eastlake park).  The Times reports: "But the boy never forgot the carousel or the gift it gave to families such as his. He

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• Los Angeles/Oakland Reflections: Privatization of Urban Public Space

  Published: October 19, 2007, 1:07 am

  Tags: Berkeley, Community, East Bay, Oakland, Politics, Urban Planning, Walking, City Of Quartz, City Walk, Los Angeles, Mike Davis, Privatization, Public Space, Universal City

  reflections on urban space. Growing up in LA, my concepts of public space were limited to parks and beaches. The closest I ever got to an urban public center was an indoor mall in the San Fernando Valley. One of the things that struck me and ultimately drew me to the East Bay was the amount of public space here and how effectively this

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• Imagining Super Taxis of the Future

  Published: December 19, 2007, 12:32 pm

  Tags: Top Story, Transportation, Design Trust For Public Space, Taxi And Limousine Commission, Taxicabs

  A hypercharged Metrocard that could be used both on taxis and subways? A one-passenger cab? G.P.S.-mapping of empty taxis available for download? Just a few of the ideas in a new report.

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• Developer Quits Pier 57 Project, a Big Setback

  Published: January 25, 2008, 6:48 pm

  Tags: Go Coastal, Manhattan, Public Waterfront, Cipriani, High Line, Hudson River, Hudson River Park, Pier 57, Public Space, West Side, Witkoff Group

  Developer Steven Witkoff has withdrawn from the development of Pier 57, putting an end to the estimated $400 million project that would have transformed the old waterfront into a landscaped public space replete with a bridge to the High Line, a marina, a museum, and a gourmet banquet hall. The move sets back by at [...]

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• Walk this Way

  Published: January 30, 2008, 10:20 pm

  Tags: City Of La, Downtown Public Space

  This is a 2006 photo of the pedestrian friendly sidewalk and accompanying trees on Second Street behind the Caltrans building. The street was slated to be widen and was halted. Once again, someone wants to widen the street on behalf of LAPD's new headquarters. Details, photos of more mature trees, and a call for comments supporting why the street

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• We Love You, Public Space! Intervention of Hearts at the Vancouver Art Gallery

  Published: February 14, 2008, 2:28 pm

  Tags: Vancouver, Art, Culture, Valentine Amp 039 S Day, Vancouver Public Space Network, Vpn

  Did anyone happen upon the profusion of red and pink hearts painted all over the south steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery today? Well if you were wondering what it is and who put it there, wonder no more. It is an "intervention of hearts" painted by Vancouver Public Space...read more

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