Remove Understanding place-keeping of open space
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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Art has shaped our perception of landscapes, parks, and other public spaces for 200+ years in the United States alone, and longer in Europe (" ‘Nature’s Nation’: How American art shaped our environmental perspectives ," Princeton University Art Museum). We recently saw an exhibit on Maynard Dixon at the BYU Museum of Art and were blown away.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And lots of times when people try to do this, they don't understand why the original project was successful and they fail. I'd say yes. A good example is Bilbao. -- " Why can't the "Bilbao Effect" be reproduced? The Bridge Park will be next to a freeway. Who wants to hang out by a freeway?