Sentences with phrase «civic spaces by»

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There is no reason why healthy patterns of citizenship, reinforced by the influences Lauck identifies in late nineteenth - century South Dakota, can not take root in the new civic spaces that are emerging in America.

Certainly, the command and control politics forged by New Labour was highly effective in the mass media era, but arguably has detrimental effects on civic participation and the party's ability to be successful in new media spaces.

Fried presented an unorthodox plan calling for a Central Park conservancy model, which allows for parks to be cared for by a semi-private entity, while Day presented his own record of fighting for open spaces as a civic association leader.

That means celebrating all that Labour achieved in the NHS, schools, Sure Start, child care, crime, the minimum wage and restoring pride in civic spaces, when so much of that is about to be slashed by the coalition.

CIVIC CENTER — Mayor Bill de Blasio could potentially use space in New York Public Library branches and New York City Housing Authority buildings to meet his goal of providing full - day universal pre-K to all city students by fall 2015, the mayor's office said Monday as de Blasio headed to Albany to make the case for his plan.

16 - year - old Alexa gets hands - on experience and leadership skills by collaborating on a play space for kids through Philadelphia's Public Workshop, which promotes community engagement and civic innovation.

These shopfront settings allow students to engage daily with the community by relying on public playgrounds, gardens, and civic spaces.

By transforming its exhibition space into a laboratory and classroom, 18th Street Arts Center's main gallery becomes a space for civic engagement, experimentation, presentation and discourse.

«In - between time» applies to civic space, too — depopulated modernist housing developments that sit precariously between evacuation and demolition (explored by Beshty in his Excursionist Views), plants, weeds and vegetation on isolated highway medians (Island Flora), or abandoned shopping malls (American Passages).

Durational performance is an aspect that Kjartansson investigates throughout his practice and in this installation (which was first shown at Luhring Augustine Gallery in New York in 2013) the song resonates with the house in which it is performed, at odds with the utilitarian, civic space inhabited by The Vinyl Factory.

by Deborah McNamara on November 18, 2013 0 Carol Suboleski civic engagement EcoChallenge Evesham Green Team Marlton New Jersey open space plastic reduction third grade class trash reduction

Stoss's project, «Streamlines,» focuses on redesigning the upper Mississippi as a civic space, reconnecting Minneapolis residents often disconnected from the river by railroads, highways and industrial zones.

The agreement, a copy of which was obtained by the newspaper El Universal, includes the use of Facebook's tools to measure civic participation, access to real - time data of voting results granted by INE, and the provision of a physical space in the Institute's office where, on election day, the company is expected to perform activities such as posting live videos.

Ms. Senft also has served non-profit organizations whose mission she champions including acting in the role of Treasurer and on the executive board of Network 2000 whose mission is to place women on corporate boards and to mentor rising female executives; serving as elected board member for the Coalition of Geriatric Services in Maryland, whose mission is to expand compassionate alternative services to seniors at home and in residential living; and as Vice President of the Roland Park Civic League for six years, whose focus is on civic engagement and the preservation of historic green space in Baltimore City, the monitoring of other land developments and the creation of a 100 year Master Plan for the preservation and modernization of the historic garden community designed by the Olmsted Brothers.

The building has been masterfully envisioned by the architects who have designed some of the most iconic museums, civic spaces, single family homes, and luxury condominiums around the world.