Sentences with phrase «of public green spaces»

«Through our Urban Parks Program, the Foundation supports organizations working to serve major cities through strategic design improvements of public green spaces.

The program will be strengthened by developing an interconnected system of public green spaces, housing restoration projects, new infrastructure, community buildings and much more, helping to accelerate revitalization.

Not exact matches

In contrast to Ong's product - based approach, Roosegaarde's work has mainly taken the form of large - scale installations, among them a fluorescent bike path that glows like Van Gogh's night skies, giant kites that can supply up to 200 households with green energy, and «the world's largest vacuum cleaner» to suck up air pollution in public spaces.

Towne Park's environmental council, Towne Green, spent this year's Earth Day weekend working to ameliorate Annapolis in partnership with GreenScape 2013, a «City of Annapolis and community partnership invested in the beautification, clean - up and planting in public spaces throughout the city.»

Set in the center of the hotel lobby, a 9 - foot tall tree sets the stage for a dramatic arrival with dozens of hand - blown glass ornaments shimmering in deep shades of green, blue, gold and touches of burgundy, and two elaborate gingerbread houses adorn the reception area and public spaces.

The city of Chicago, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago Park District and The Trust for Public Land have joined forced to convert abandoned railroad space along the once bustling Bloomingdale Line into much - needed community green space for residents and visitors.

The commons is envisioned as a collection of green space, shops, some housing and public buildings, including a new library, a Park District recreation center and a new village hall.

The concept of the Green Belt was first mooted in 1935 by the Greater London Regional Planning Committee, which proposed providing «a reserve supply of public open spaces and of recreational areas and to establish a green belt or girdle of open space&raGreen Belt was first mooted in 1935 by the Greater London Regional Planning Committee, which proposed providing «a reserve supply of public open spaces and of recreational areas and to establish a green belt or girdle of open space&ragreen belt or girdle of open space».

In anticipation of its public meeting on the projects next month, the Department of City Planning is letting the public sound off online about their recommendations for developments ranging from Columbia University's Baker Field sports complex expansion project to a proposal to clean up the stretch of green space between the George Washington Bridge and Dyckman Street.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has purchased a 38 - acre parcel in the pine barrens that expands public lands and recreational green space while helping to preserve Long Island's drinking water resources, officials announced Wednesday.

The Albright - Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo plans to sink its parking lot beneath a restored public green space along Elmwood Avenue, radically reconfigure much of Gordon Bunshaft's low - lying 1962 addition into a grand public entry hall and create 23,000 square feet of new gallery space split between two new buildings that pay deference to the surrounding parkland.

Picente cited the many benefits of a revitalized downtown district that, in conjunction with Mohawk Valley Health System's soon - to - be constructed state - of - the - art hospital, will create employment opportunities, add new revenue streams for economic growth, supply additional public parking, improve community health with green spaces and stimulate property values.

The new, public green space is an amenity for the existing business park, developed as part of the successful brownfield remediation project along Union Ship Canal at Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park.

Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) said the $ 75,000, which they were awarded in conjunction with the town of Ausable, is helpful in their efforts to transform a slice of riverfront property into a public park, replete with green space and walkable trails.

They said the development corporation's proposal lacks broad public support and threw their support behind a plan that scales back residential and commercial development in favor of more green space and public access to the waterfront.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

Buttke is interested in using public interest in personal health as a way to increase support for public green space, and enhancing public understanding of how human actions can drive infectious disease spread through a variety of avenues including school programs, websites, and smart phone apps.

Built with a plan that combines public and private financing, all the trails are 12 feet wide, made of concrete and lined with maintained green space.

That number rises to about 24,000 people (4 percent of the population) if all additional public green spaces were converted.

A new University of Washington study finds that urban crops in Seattle could only feed between 1 and 4 percent of the city's population, even if all viable backyard and public green spaces were converted to growing produce.

As well as green infrastructure in public spaces, this will involve renovating a demonstration building in Balmaseda to showcase five technologies for limiting the impact of heatwaves.

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach Narration: Alia Shawkat Writing: Joel Green and Vanessa Thomas Designer: Marc Lussier Music: Associated Production Music (www.pm.com) Sound effects: CSSMusic.com, FreeSound.org, and SoundBible.com (users Sonidor, espectral, Mark DiAngelo, and Mike Koenig)

«We know that basically, planets form at about the same time as their stars from all the leftover dust and gas kicked up,» said Joel Green, Project Scientist at Space Telescope Science Institute's Office of Public Outreach (STScI.)

Much of this campaigning work has focused on people and public health: clean water and air, green spaces, controls on pesticides in food.

As a result, 83.4 per cent of respondents believed that more funding should be allocated to public play facilities, and 81 per cent thought there should be more investment in parks and green spaces.

«We are already seeing the enormous power of our outdoor green space to help combat our nation's greatest enemies — chronic disease, obesity, mental illness, and social inequity,» says Capt. Sara B. Newman, Director of the Office of Public Health for the National Park Service.

Ever so slightly removed from Fabric Row, Queen Village's chunk of 2nd Street features public green space and well - loved pubs and cafes to the south.

We did see the home of the Maple Leafs hockey team, the famous St Lawrence Market, impressive public buildings, and lots of green space with black squirrels dashing around.

Kitsilano / The flower child of Vancouver, Kitsilano is full of green spaces, quiet residential areas, a popular shopping street full of local businesses, one beloved beach, and over 15 public parks.

An array of public spaces within this impressive new hotel will include a collection of 11 restaurants and bars, three outdoor swimming pools and one indoor heated pool, a spa / wellness centre, gym, a green roof and theatre, a shopping arcade, conference facilities and a mini club.

The green roof will also be used as an open air public space for walking, yoga, and jogging with views of the island beyond.

Guestrooms boast oversized windows looking onto an abundance of green gardens and public spaces creating a social campus feel, but also include blackout and noise blocking shades for when travellers wish to unplug.

Amongst the green open spaces, delightful pathways, magnificent apple and pear orchards and beautiful flower beds is a selection of fabulous facilities, such as a charming café, public tennis courts, an orangery and a gazebo which provides the setting for free performances of music and entertainment.

With its eventual sculpture garden, the new building will connect to CHRISpark, the one - acre public green space Pace built in memory of her son in 2005, as well as SPACE, which presents special exhibitions and programming throughout the space Pace built in memory of her son in 2005, as well as SPACE, which presents special exhibitions and programming throughout the SPACE, which presents special exhibitions and programming throughout the year.

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The messages broadcast over the public address system by Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, and the sound components of both Renée Green's 28 - banner Space Poem # 5 (Years & Afters) and a vibrantly costumed work, THANK YOU / THANK YOU, by Raúl de Nieves and Erik Zajaceskowski, were drowned out by crowd speak.

Wedged in at a right - angle between 3rd Street and Howard Street, the Snøhetta addition includes 170,000 square feet of extra indoor and outdoor gallery space, the largest living green wall in the Bay Area, three restaurants, two museum shops, a state - of - the - art conservation studio, a theater, gender - neutral bathrooms and a lower level filled with art that is free and open to the public.

While in «Park Duck» Wylie laments the loss of green public spaces with an enormous feathery duck in her playful «colouring book» style.

I suppose it's a public benefit that they included an artist residency, but this seems like an inappropriate (and mostly ugly) use of public land set aside for green space.

We are looking for local and international artists, architects, and designers to submit either artworks that explore contemporary meanings of «green» or proposals for sculptures, architectural models and design that fit in green development public spaces.

A group of innovative contemporary artists will captivate and engage residents and visitors in downtown New Rochelle throughout the summer with installations, performances and pop - up exhibitions that will meet people in storefronts and public spaces, including the Library Green at the heart of the district.

Among Eliasson's projects in public space are «Green River», carried out in various cities from 1998 - 2001 and «The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion» in 2007 in collaboration with Kjetil Thorsen of Snøhetta.

The concerns and questions that arise from the tradition of landscape painting and landscape design, starting with the gardens of the Baroque to the current public green spaces, are the triggers for the creation of these works.

He often works in front of a green screen and is drawn to the virtual space because of its potential as a queer arena, but his performances also take place in public outdoor spaces.

Indeed, yards, parks, public beaches and any small patches of green space even amid the bustle of the urban jungle can provide you with fascinating plants and animals to photograph.

At the zoomed - in level, color - coded sections of the Greenspace Map divide the green space into public parks, private gardens, children's play areas, sports areas, green corridors, and other categories.

In addition to reducing flood damages, benefits of green infrastructure include energy savings, reduced sewer costs, improved public health, spaces for recreation and environmental benefits.

Starting in 1989, the Green Belt Movement's advocacy efforts thwarted a 60 - story development from being built in Uhuru Park, a 34 - acre public green space in the heart of NaiGreen Belt Movement's advocacy efforts thwarted a 60 - story development from being built in Uhuru Park, a 34 - acre public green space in the heart of Naigreen space in the heart of Nairobi.

A colleague of mine just wrote about Chicago arts advocacy group Noisivelvet's effort to roll sod over a blacktop street to create green public recreation space.

«First, we improve the cul - de-sac by making it bigger to be able to fit in a public green area in the middle because local planning regulations require 10 % of any residential development to be open space.