Sentences with phrase «spaces used by the public»

Counting people is fundamental to the design of spaces used by the public.

Not exact matches

We shared public spaces with other residents of our community by using the sidewalk and by meeting in a coffee shop.

I personally loved him as a President, but did he abuse me as an American citizen by using a public space for his own personal benefit??

Decorated by area artists and community organizations, the goal of the project is to bring people together and change the way we use public space.

Urbanists have for some time now been drawing attention to the «over-scripting» of public space in modern urban regeneration schemes, so that all conflicts and loose ends are designed out of the development, and people are subtly organised and choreographed into patterns of use and timetables decided by others.

«The parks projects that rose to the top in last year's public process - from playground enhancements in the South Bronx, Upper Manhattan and the Rockaways to new pedestrian paths and trash cans in Prospect Park - were selected by New Yorkers who use those spaces most and are best positioned to determine what's needed to make them better.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats will force a final vote on proposals by Labour Ministers to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public spaces on Tuesday.

«People may have specific interest like NYCHA projects were they live or a senior center but in addition to that people also look to improve public spaces used by everyone.»

The city may make room for some of these seats by using space in other city - owned properties, such as «space in branches of the New York Public Library,» according to the report.

Cabrera, who is a longtime foe of marriage equality and a leader in the effort that recently overturned the public schools» policy against church congregations using their space for worship services, has for years worked with the Family Research Council, an organization condemned as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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.

He predicts that the device has the potential to be used widely by emergency personnel but also to appear in other public spaces.

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Rather than being shunned by the system, new charters have an opportunity to use underutilized space in public school buildings to get up and running.

The United Federation of Teachers, joined by the NAACP and several public officials, filed suit against the New York City Department of Education on Wednesday in attempt to halt the city's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schools.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

One thing to remember, as well, is that all images created by branches of the US government are automatically in the public domain, so lots of military, scientific or space photographs, as well as photos of various politicians and so on, are completely free to use.

That there should be any escapees, any survivor words cheeked and held and used in the public space of a traffic jam is a possibility unacknowledged by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

Despite it being closed by a wall, the space was open to the public and was used for centuries as a market.

The Mound precinct is a public space by the National Galleries on Princes Street that is frequently used by buskers, street performers and for other outdoor events.

The public will be able to discover the plant - like forms in Lynden's interstitial spaces; they will be able to watch them grow and spread over the period of a year or so; and they will be able to contribute to their growth by dropping off their used plastic bags.

Mainly working with sculptures and video installations, Cafmeyer creates site - specific installations often in public space or inspired by the use of public space in the context of the city.

LAND supports dynamic and unconventional artistic practices using a tripartite approach: Commissioning public projects of site - and situation - specific works with national and international contemporary artists Collaborating with a variety of institutions and organizations, such as universities, museums, and theaters as well as other types of spaces, industries, and entities Offering additional programs such as performances, workshops, residencies, discussions, and publications LAND is an ongoing endeavor with three primary types of annual programming: LAND 1.0 projects are large - scale, multi-artist, multi-site exhibitions and single - site group exhibitions, LAND 2.0 projects feature a new commission by a single mid-career or established artist, and LAND 3.0 projects feature new work by lesser known or emerging artists

Housed in a bespoke temporary structure, this year Frieze London is designed by Universal Design Studio, who will introduce a series of changes to the fair; a new layout and a focus on the public spaces, using contrast, texture and tone.

Michael Kimmelman trashes the design of One World Trade Center, by David Childs, but only as an aside in a call for mixed use and public spaces.

By experimenting with the use of words visually displayed in public spaces, Holzer is able to stimulate public discussions about violence, sexuality, oppression, human rights, feminism, power, war, and death.

As written by Afterimage, «FORCE uses the internet as an extension of the public space... as a communication broadcast tool in opposition to mainstream media, and as a forum for suggesting alternative, positive visions of sex, gender, and consent in culture.»

65 years after Audrey Hepburn performed at renowned West End night club Ciro's, the space on Orange Street now used by the National Portrait Gallery as a public archive, the gallery hosts a major exhibition celebrating the life of this much celebrated film star and fashion icon.

The diverse programming schedule will be determined by Preus and collaborators to raise questions about the use and social value of public space, and how collective experience can encourage the development of a better city.

They are used by the participating artists as social agents - intervening in public space to expose an audience to new opportunities and alternative concepts.

She is interested in understanding the strategic use of space (exhibition space, public space, virtual space) by contemporary artists and by cultural institutions such as museums.

Pousttchi draws our attention to the often invisible architectures that furnish and shape individual life — whether by capturing various international clocks at the same moment, or combining neon lights with the contorted guard rails used to organize crowds in public space.

Beginning in 1953, participants in these discussions included Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning and Richard Lippold.10 Other artist groups that met there included the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors.11 The space even occasionally hosted public cultural events, such as a 1955 musical performance presented by the Inter-Arts Committee and the League of Present Day Artists.12 «That house was used very well for art», Nevelson later recalled.

For the exhibition, YBCA commissions local, regional and international artists to use the literal aspects of YBCA's architectural space, built in 1993 by acclaimed architect Fumihiko Maki, as a starting point to create new large - scale works directly on the walls of both its galleries and its public spaces.

Markedly figurative since their respective beginnings, these artists» works have gained popularity by using the public space, which has made their messages recognizable for a wider audience without any sociocultural distinction.

Jesse Hamerman, an artist, curator, and project manager with Public Art Fund organized one previous show in the space titled Use Your Illusion, presenting works by himself, J.D. Walsh, Patrick Brennan, Sherri Caudell Brennan, and Ned Colclough.

At the exhibition in the Edith - Russ - Haus the sole artwork on display is the Cube providing free Internet access as a service, while also creating a truly inviting public space, an Agora; an open gathering place for anyone to activate the sculpture by using it.

The intention of the programme is to bring public spaces to life through the use of art by internationally acclaimed artists.

Ballroom Marfa, a nonprofit contemporary cultural arts space in Marfa, was alerted by the Presidio County Commissioners that its multi-million dollar Drive - In project could be in jeopardy if the art gallery doesn't lay out how it plans to let the public use the event space.

By bringing together practitioners from different creative fields, Delfina Foundation explored how artistic strategies have and can be used to address wide - ranging issues related to the commons and public space, both the real and the imagined, from the city square to the computer screen.

Before the public opening, the basement complex, with its characteristically Kelley - like crawl spaces, was used for the first time by Jim Shaw and Cary Loren, Kelley's long - time friends and collaborators, notably in the infamous band Destroy All Monsters.

The Summer Sessions programme is integral to the project: it takes recent events in the public space and the shifting (shrinking) space of education as an imperative to put the space of the collection to use, to leave no space un-touched by pedagogy and resistance.

«Over one million square feet of mixed - use space including residences, a hotel, offices, retail shops and restaurants, mountain operations facilities, a public parking garage, a new gondola and related skier portal and a public park» - that people will fly to by private jet.

Paris, the City of Light, which earned its moniker by early on adapting natural gas to light its public spaces, hosts COP21 (the 21st Conference of the Parties)-- often referred to as the UN Climate Change Conference — that aims to end the use of fossil fuels.

Besides the legitimate questions and debates around who gets to use public spaces for what purposes, from a simply pragmatic perspective it seems likely that each individual physical occupation will eventually be cleared o — either by use of force from authorities, inclement weather, or the simple fact that it is very, very hard to keep such make - shift communities going over extended periods of time.

4) Is there a difference of what the city can do between private land (where the protest has been invited to take place) and public spaces that are used by the groups?

I edited my question; I meant the difference between private land (where the protest has been invited to take place) and public spaces that are used by the groups.

The behaviour must however be such as to interfere with use of public space by any member of the public, as through intimidation, bullying, or the creation of alarm or unease at a level that inhibits recourse to the place.

Some professional mixers and community talks might actually be open to the public, and some are sponsored by an outside organization simply using the space.