Sentences with phrase «of public open space»

Away from midtown, with acres of public open space, Battery Park feels like more like a suburban retreat in the midst of a bustling city.

Logan Square needs 99 more acres of public open space to meet that goal, according to the city.

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».

In an Australian study, the environment — presence of public open spaces in the neighbourhood — played a smaller role than did psychosocial factors [7].

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Among assets listed as exploitable in the relaunch of the exchange, the document lists Mt. Gox's valuable domain name holdings, its high public profile, and the Bitcoin Café Mt. Gox was in the process of opening on the ground floor of its previous office space.

Up until this time Jesus» public ministry has been a stunning success in outward terms, with people flocking to him to be cured: «And wherever he went, to village, or town, or farm, they laid down the sick in the open spaces, begging him to let them touch even the fringe of his cloak» (Mk 6, 56).

The state's systematic confession of its incompetence opens public space for the democratic politics of persuasion and consent rather than the politics of coercion.

Pentecostalism, then, seems to redefine the masculine and feminine roles in the public and private spheres by opening space outside of the home for women and by «domesticating» the masculine sex.

When not used for concerts, the area designated for lawn seating will be an open space for the public and free of any fencing, Park District officials said Thursday.

The area near the intersection of Woodridge and Plaza drives includes, among other things, Village Hall, a library, public works facility, park district community center, post office, junior high school and open space.

Projects include public open space Master Planning and Design for the Hudson River Park, NY, NY, Charles River Basin for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (MDC), the F&G Streets Retail District, Washington, DC.

The redevelopment will include 540 acres of open land and public space, including the lake and an 18 - hole championship golf course.

While California banned smoking near playgrounds and on beaches years ago, Deerfield made the first such foray in Illinois in 2005, restricting smoking in parks, open space, school grounds and public sidewalks within 25 feet of an entrance.

The Commons, an area south of U.S. Highway 30 and north of the Village Hall on Haven Avenue, is envisioned as a town center with public buildings and open space, along with shops and housing.

The hearing, which is due to begin at 10 am today, will decide if the group should be banned from sleeping rough, camping, and parking vehicles from any land or public open space within the whole of the Bristol local authority area.

[1] Earlier in September 2013, Tarek Mitri, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya, described it as a process that «would give voice to many Libyans and opens a space that does not exclude any of those who may have contributions to make to public life and are otherwise isolated, separated or entrenched in their partisan attitudes... [to] promote a national capacity to address urgent priorities and ensure public support to the efforts of state - building.»

Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde in a statement, said the remodelling of the magnificent Gani Fawehinmi statue was part of the State's strategy to enhance the aesthetic beauty of open public spaces and parks across the state and to celebrate and immortalise worthy icons that contributed immensely to the development of Lagos State.

The internet, though, is a different KIND of medium — back - and - forth rather than broadcast — and the rise of such a participatory public space has completely changed the political media ecology, opening new niches to be exploited in turn by new kinds of organizing entities.

«Over the last three years, we've engaged the Inwood community to protect and create affordable housing, deliver waterfront open space, and provide new opportunities for residents and small businesses,» said Stephanie Báez, NYCEDC Vice President of Public Affairs.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Westchester also has 18,000 acres of open space including six public golf courses, more than 900 restaurants and a multitude of cultural and entertainment opportunities.

«Part of what defines Queens» trademark quality of life — especially for the 2.3 million residents throughout our diverse communities — is the ample access to beautiful public parks and open space.

Upper West Success Academy will open in the fall of 2011, and will most likely share space with a public school in District 3.

«To start to sell open space in any of our towns and municipal jurisdictions that is already preserved, in order to preserve it, is an illogical premise and a breach ultimately of the public trust,» Englebright said.

JOHNSBURG The Mill Creek - Sullivan's Island Citizens Committee told the Johnsburg Town Board April 3 it decided there should be rules for public recreation areas that are part of 227 acres of land being given to the town by the Open Space Institute.

Think of our great public institutions, like the BBC and the British Library, there is more we can do to open them up, through digital public space.

The new space was approved at a public Department of Citywide Administrative Services meeting in April, the last step in the process before it opens.

The public uproar inspired the election of a strongly pro-environment Town Board slate, who initiated measures for open space protection and more restrictive planning and zoning regulations.

Stringer said his approval of the project — a $ 15 billion redevelopment stretching from 30th to 33rd streets and 10th to 12th avenues — is conditional on the developer's promise to meet LEED silver standards, consult with the community to mitigate the effect of construction on noise and traffic and create public open space at the site.

Based on the concerns raised at Monday's public hearing before the state assembly's Standing Committee of Environmental Conservation, state officials will draft a «battle plan,» in the words of State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson), for how they can fight to preserve the area as open space and avoid damaging its unique, diverse ecology.

Two of the three schools were proposed by Success Academy Charter Schools, a nonprofit group, and without the public space will most likely be unable to open.

Along with this work experience, my local volunteer service as chair of the New Paltz Clean Water and Open Space Protection Commission and advisor to the village in the creation of a revolving loan program has led to my interest in taking my public service to the next level by representing my community as a county legislator.

«We're hopeful that the concerns of local residents and tax payers will prevail and the land that was originally dedicated to open space will remain available to the public,» Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, one of several elected officials who will speak at the rally, told DNAinfo.

The developers have promised to create an open, public space on the waterfront and to designate 30 percent, or 660, of its units for below market - rate housing, far more than what is required by current zoning.

FLATIRON — A series of floating pools dotting Manhattan's East River shore or elevating the heliport on East 34th Street to create more open space were among the bold visions several dozen community members suggested Monday night at a public forum about re-imagining the waterfront.

Some among the 2,800 participants said such actions could also have hidden dividends of actually improving public health through cleaner air and the incentive to take more exercise in the new open spaces.

The Beagle 2 team set up exhibits of the mission and opened the Lander Operations Control Centre (LOCC) at the National Space Centre, «the first of its kind to be in full view of the general public,» says Talboys.

These symptoms include, for example, recurrent thoughts about the possibility of catching any disease after being in contact with objects located in public spaces, fear of having inadvertently carried out some potentially dangerous behavior (such as leaving the door open when leaving home), or the need to place the objects of house or the workspace in perfect order and symmetry.

Trained coders who were unaware of the circumstances assessed the photos, rating visible environmental features such as building conditions, open space, street lighting, public plantings, trash and graffiti.

Beijing has pledged a smoke - free Olympics, banning smoking from most indoor public spaces, workplaces and spectator areas of open - air stadiums for the duration of the games.

To handle the vast amount of data generated by the observatories, BL intends to innovate powerful open source software that will enable members of the general public to make a material contribution to the project by creating their own search tools, and donating unused CPU space to boost the projects computing prowess.

If no such space exists in reasonable proximity to a Postdoctoral Scholar's work location, the department will designate an appropriate temporary space, which is not open to the general public, for the purpose of expressing and storing breast milk.

These meetings are free of cost and held in a public space, typically beginning with a short speech from an elected official and then an open Q&A, where attendees can ask questions about a piece of legislation or a specific issue.

Members shall in particular not make the Services available and accessible to third parties, e.g. to an open group of people by exposure or display of the Services in public areas, including but not limited to cinemas, theatres, exhibitions, show rooms, hotels, bars, clubs, pubs, restaurants, or other public spaces.

The Darkest Hour's opening moments relentlessly pummel the viewer with product placement: Starbucks and, especially, McDonald's signs seem to infest every square inch of Moscow's public spaces.

Tsui sets his avoidance dances in confined spaces (tiny apartments, backstage dressing rooms), but To's are set out in the open: a fountain in a public park, a street corner, a sidewalk (a similarly choreographed scene plays out as well early in Romancing in Thin Air, itself a kind of compendium of all of To's romantic comedies, where Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo wander outside the grounds of the hotel, oblivious to each others» presence despite occupying the same film frame).

The architects A landscape architect designing a play environment within a public open space today should meet two main criteria: to create something that is visually pleasing that makes the best use of the environment and landscape features that are available; to incorporate features and well - chosen equipment that offers best play value and will make that space inspiring to children and adults alike.

YOUmedia, an innovative, 21st century, teen - oriented learning space has experienced much success as part of the Chicago Public Library since its first lab opened in 2009.

Public spaces for co-creation and discovery — whether at libraries or in places like Makeshop or the New York Hall of Science makerspace — open a door for families that otherwise might miss out on these rich learning opportunities.