Topic: Parks
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Rankings
The Best City Parks Systems in America
A new ParkScore metric from the Trust for Public Land names San Francisco and Sacramento the nation's best.
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For Landlocked Revitalization, Railyards in Lieu of Waterfronts
How train tracks helped deliver new life to Birmingham, Alabama.
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Can Inactive Landfills Become Assets?
An ancient Roman landfill offers ideas about how our old dumps could be more useful than we realize.
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Nashville's New, Hypergreen Park
A 6.5-acre, nature-inspired space opens as part of the city's riverfront revitalization plan.
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Photos
A National Mall People Actually Want To Visit
Right now, the National Mall resembles nothing so much as an empty high school football field. But it could be much, much better.
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Blue Trees Heading to Seattle
An Australian artist hopes to get people thinking about deforestation by using the "powerful stimulant" of the color blue.
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Photos
Two Big Public Space Makeovers for Chicago
A 2.65-mile elevated park and a massive makeover for Navy Pier are both in the works.
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The Big Fix
When it Comes to Parks, it's Not Just How Many, But Where
A crowdsourced map hopes to help cities identify and address so-called play deserts.
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How to Measure a Project's Health
By embracing a new "health impact assessment" tool, Atlanta makes sure its major redevelopment will lead to healthier lives.
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Can a Highway Median Become an Alluring Public Space?
That's the question in Miami, where a design firm has created a temporary pop-up park, complete with sod and seating.
