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Claiming Public Space is an on-line participatory design and collaborative works network whose aim is to stimulate dialogue, debate, and exchange from an international perspective.

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A Playground Where Creativity Can Run Wild

A New York city architect has updated the adventure playground to make it safer, hip and stylish.

Posted by cps on Tuesday, July 22 @ 00:00:00 PDT (17 reads)
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Planting pipelines in national parks?

The U.S. federal government has proposed the creation of energy corridors, areas of land where the infrastructure needed to move energy resources including hydrogen, oil, natural gas, and electricity will be constructed. Is this sound policy or a trojan horse?

Posted by cps on Monday, July 21 @ 00:00:00 PDT (17 reads)
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Toward walkability - and happiness

A recent international study on happiness by researchers at Leicester University in England ranked the United States as only the 23rd happiest place in the world. Denmark is the happiest, according to the research.

Posted by cps on Friday, July 18 @ 09:13:42 PDT (24 reads)
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A deluge waiting to happen

Nature will do as nature does, but humans are to blame for the deadly Midwestern floods in the U.S.

Posted by cps on Friday, July 18 @ 00:00:00 PDT (25 reads)
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America's Most Fuel-Efficient Neighborhoods

With the national average price of gasoline topping $4 a gallon, it's a propitious time to make the case for gas-sipping neighborhoods.

Posted by cps on Thursday, July 17 @ 00:00:00 PDT (29 reads)
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