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Madison Wisconsin should be rethinking its pedestrian "district"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I wrote about Boulder's in 2005, " Now I know why Boulder's Pearl Street Mall is the exception that proves the rule about the failures of pedestrian malls." The university’s $6 million plan looks good so far, with a fundraising campaign on the way. Flickr photo by Let Ideas Compete.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Five | Planning for Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Gates, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Central Park, New York City, 2005 Separately, murals as an element of public art are often used by communities as a way to call attention to a district and move revitalization objectives forward (" 10 new murals added in South Salt Lake for 6th annual Mural Fest ," ABC4).