Sentences with phrase «abandoned lots into»

Vancouver's Sole Food works to transform abandoned lots into functional gardens, and create meaningful jobs along the way.

She's helped make Chicago greener by supporting «guerrilla gardening» (turning vacant or abandoned lots into green spaces) and funding nonprofits such as NeighborSpace, which sustains community gardens.

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I think I could dive deeper into other aspects of this theme - exploring public versus private content creation; or why so many people start sites and quickly abandon them; or ways to think about evolving a site as you're evolving as an individual; writing for yourself versus writing for an audience... it's a lot to think about, a lot to consider.

In the 1400 block of North Monticello Avenue, residents persuaded the Park District to lease Metra property and convert an abandoned corner lot into a pastoral refuge.

They pumped a lot of money into the system and saw no improvement then just abandoned the district.

Captivated by the idea of backyard self - sufficiency, Novella Carpenter transforms an abandoned lot next to her ramshackle house in inner - city Oakland into a wonderful urban farm.

They spit at cars, wander abandoned housing developments with misbegotten candy - colored exteriors, and run out into parking lots without looking both ways.

Working with CLOTH, students are planning to convert an abandoned lot across the street into a community garden, complete with a second - story greenhouse for use as a «living classroom» and a source for a «garden - to - cafeteria» menu at CHAH.

He had tried to lure at least one person into an abandoned lot, but the intended victim had escaped and reported the incident.

Instead of being put to sleep, which happens a lot to abandoned or loose dogs like this, he's turned into a great dog.

Sadly, a lot of owners get a German Shepherd without having taken the trouble to research the breed and find out what they're getting themselves into first, which results in a lot of sad, mixed - up, abandoned, and often aggressive German Shepherds.

Fresno Humane Animal Services (FHAS) is breathing new life into animal welfare efforts in California's San Joaquin Valley... from the parking lot of an abandoned morgue.

More than that, Doom abandoned a lot of the storytelling conventions and cutscenes we've come to associate with modern games: about 30 seconds into the first level, the main character physically throws the plot across the room and shoots a demon in the face.

Supplemented by homegrown shows in galleries, derelict cottages, and abandoned lots, it took the weekend's spectators into neighborhoods far beyond the forced hoopla of Bourbon Street and into the Big Easy's wounded soul.

Before the government decided to abandon the proposed Clean Energy Target it put a lot of effort into redefining coal as «clean».

• Dart Westphal, a preservationist, speaks of how residents turned an abandoned gas station and lot into a greenspace.

Abandoned lots were converted into green oases and school children pulled weeds and planted tomato starts.

In many cities, residual spaces like alleyways and abandoned parking lots are largely under - utilized and could be turned into productive gardens, affordable housing or even bike parking.

She was standing in the middle of the street in 15 Henry Street and there was other people in the area, but there was a lot of abandoned cars in the area, and there's gentlemen working on the cars, fixing up the cars, and at one time I saw at one point I observed — she was later identified as Pamela Williams walk into the area and they had a short conversation, they went across the street into a grocery store and they came back, and at one point Tanya Burgess pulled out a packet of heroin out of her fifth pocket of her pants and handed it to Pamela Williams and in return she received cash.

Fear of being hurt or abandoned causes a lot of defensive responses which can be turned into moments of building trust and strengthening connection as there is more understanding of the longing for a secure connection that has always been there.