Sentences with phrase «own pocket park»

Throughout her 30 year career, she has built an incredible track record of creating and protecting parks, from vest - pocket parks in cities to landscape parks like Sterling Forest.

In his 2013 State of the District address, he discussed the possibility of creating a new CUNY campus at the site, building a residential and retail development near 207th Street, and reviving the plan to create an esplanade and pocket parks along Sherman Creek.

Erie County is fortunate to have four natural habitat «pocket parks» located in downtown Buffalo.

Erie County's natural habitat «pocket parks» are situated along the Buffalo River, which is designated as a toxic water body, or «Area of Concern» (AOC).

Recently Erie County has made significant progress restoring 4 pocket parks along the Buffalo River.

The project also includes new curbs, sidewalks, streetlighting, landscaping, utility upgrades and the creation of a passive neighborhood pocket park.

A surging wall of water gushed through the pocket parks and tree - lined streets of downtown Brisbane, saturating trendy boutiques, stately government buildings, and gleaming glass skyscrapers.

Its pedestrian - friendly, high - density neighborhoods (14,000 people per square mile) are clustered around high - rises, multifamily dwellings, restaurants, groceries, shops and pocket parks, and have wide sidewalks that encourage walking and short blocks that slow traffic.

Landscape architects and urban planners are responding to this need for a softer and greener built environment by incorporating «green» wildlife corridors, pocket parks, landscaped squares, green roofs and living walls in urban areas.

I like to believe that when I pause and take a picture of one of the flowers in this pocket park, I'm seeing it differently, maybe appreciating it more, looking at it with the photographer's eye.

Those years — Alisha calls them «adult - ing» — were all about work (for her, at a nonprofit focused on free speech) and study (for him), threaded with raising two Boston terriers, Murphy and Millie, making friends, and exploring the city's alleyways and pocket parks.

From one green pocket park to the other's a 10 - minute walk across Walnut Street if you don't browse all the main street's shops.

The physical installation consists of two over-sized basketball backboards and rims that have been affixed to two 25» rigger poles located on the grounds of The Lot — a small pocket park and transit stop located three blocks from Artspace at the corner of Chapel and Orange Streets.

Homage to Guerrilla Gardening (2011) is a site - specific installation conceived by Alison Williams for Marie Celeste, and commissioned by Artspace for The Lot — a municipal pocket park in New Haven.

He's best known, of course, for his use of songs as a shield and weapon, but to get the full Pete Seeger you had to see him sing «Abiyoyo» as he danced on his long pipe - cleaner legs through the children gathered on Little Stony Point, a vest - pocket park that he helped create along the Hudson.

They did so by turning more than 50 parking spaces (with permits) into temporary vest - pocket parks complete with activities, seating, greenery and even water sports: in the case of the installation at 116th Street and Broadway, it was a water balloon toss.

You know, there are a lot of us who've been protecting little pocket parks while development grows up around them.

LinkUp showcases projects that connect function with social interaction, such as steps that act as an informal piece of furniture for conversation and mobile «pocket parks.»

A stylish chair of recycled paper, tree - free paper, mobile «pocket parks,» and an air purification sculpture of Korean oak.

My ongoing inspiration for this work is a deep reverence for the natural world, stemming from experiences ranging from exploring urban pocket parks to backpacking in the wilderness.

In addition to its fascinating parks like Pleasure Beach and Seaside Park, almost every neighborhood in the city has its own pocket park for residents to enjoy.

Hapa Collaborative works within the full breadth of scales from master plans to pocket parks, civic spaces to private residences, streetscapes to green roofs Frequency about 1 post per month.

Or stay closer to home and make your way to the local restaurants or grocery at Georgetown Shopping, conveniently connected by a gated pedestrian access through the communitys own pocket park.

The Greater Fairfield Board of REALTORS ® (CT) created a pocket park to educate visitors on sustainable gardening and native plants.

Communities that offer a variety of public spaces — pocket parks, trails, pedestrian plazas, and community garden — are often more desirable making them better places to live and buy a home.

Their projects elevate the essential character of a place and support natural and social systems, encompassing gardens, pocket parks and greenspaces for public and private associations in urban and natural settings.

«We built a really nice pocket park with a water feature and an organic wall,» he noted.

Community organizations can petition to use an existing vacant property for a pocket park.

The second approach reduced the size of the commons and added two pocket parks and more street front green space.

They range from little pocket parks to what we are doing in Seattle, which is a 26 - mile - long trail system that goes through three counties.»

In 2017, the main project included exterior improvements for 10 properties and creation of two pocket parks in the Hungarian Village area of Columbus» South Side.

Not exact matches

From renting out a room to renting out storage space in your garage or even a parking space, this is a fabulous way to put cash in your pocket.

He aims to install 800 of his towers in public parks across China, not only to create pockets of cleaner air, but to bring more awareness to what is admittedly a huge problem that a giant air purifier — or even 800 of them — can't begin to solve.

The parks came, settling into place one by one as they were described, free of the darkness under the night — from tiny paved vest - pocket niches to the lake - set expanses of Central Park, they all came, thrusting the black fog back.

You can feel the autumn in the air and all of this is one big invitation to get you out there; into the forrest, parks and golden gardens, to go for long walks with a steaming cup of coffee to - go and perhaps an energy bar hidden in your pocket.

Le Coq should play him off the park and let Boss put Aguero in his pocket.

Our pressure up the park eased off more in the second half and Brighton were starting to find pockets.

The front pocket makes it easy to reach wipes even the backseat of the car while in the parking lot when your kid says they have sticky hands from the three suckers they pilfered from the bank, which turned their mouth completely blue.

«Rogers Park would not be Rogers Park without the dozen or so sheltered «pocket beaches» that end each street leading to the lake,» wrote Ald.

ORLAND PARK / ORLAND HILLS — Since July, two police departments have been responding to calls from a small pocket of homes northwest of 167th Street and La Grange Road because the two municipalities claimed authority over the same 25 acres.

Daley has the Chicago Park District in his back pocket and he doesn't need the legislature to make this plan go.

The Bravo For2 is loaded with all the features you expect from a full - size stroller like a parent console with a much - liked zippered pocket in the middle of the cup holders, a child's snack tray, one - step linked parking brakes, an easy standing fold and a large storage basket.

features: hand operated parking brake for ease of use integrated back screen to protect from the elements flip out support for little legs front suspension with 10» aerotech wheel secure storage pocket with headphone jack safe and easy 5 - point harness with one touch release curb hop light and easy compact fold second seat optional 45 x 25 x 45/51.5»

The functional pockets allow me to carry absolutely everything when on the go from work, to daycare, to the park, and home.

Although an aquatic center would be run by the Park District, which is a taxing body separate from the village, elected officials from both boards agreed they should work together since their funds come out of the same pockets.

Meanwhile, deep - pocketed construction and parking interests bought tens of thousands of dollars in negative campaign mail ads to paint Schwartz as anti-business.

There are big pockets of Ghanaians in the Bronx, especially on Mosholu Parkway (Tracey Towers) and near Crotona Park.

Dietl's critiques of the mayor were mostly familiar: his intimacy with deep - pocketed developers, his dicey now - defunct political nonprofit, his regular midday pilgrimages from Gracie Mansion to the Park Slope YMCA and his failure to address and redress a host of municipal issues.

«I think we have a good chance of having a united Republican party with nominees who are going to get destroyed in the fall election,» Kasich told reporters, his hands parked in the pockets of a dark suit and his face tanned to almost the hue of the Capitol's ornate Great Western Staircase.

But widespread pockets of Australia's island state, such as the north - west and Bronte Park, remain unscathed.