Sentences with phrase «urban parks movement»

Several of these reform movements — such as the 19th - century urban parks movement, without which contemporary big - city life would be almost unlivable — have made permanent contributions to our experience and understanding of good city life.

Washington, DC About Blog City Parks Blog is a joint effort of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance to chronicle the news and issues of the urban park movement.

Washington, DC About Blog City Parks Blog is a joint effort of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance to chronicle the news and issues of the urban park movement.

Washington, DC About Blog City Parks Blog is a joint effort of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Land and the City Parks Alliance to chronicle the news and issues of the urban park movement.

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In a study published in October 2009 in the Journal of Mammalogy, Gehrt watched the movement of 181 radio - collared coyotes and noted their preference for natural lands within urban and suburban spaces, such as city parks and residential yards.

Examples include Patio Taller, a performance space and grass - roots educational center in the industrial zone of San Antón that organizes a «theater of the oppressed» to address issues affecting their community; the collective transformation of the hillside town of El Cerro, Naranjito into a living mural that is socially and artistically charged; intergenerational workshops known as Escuelas Oficios (Trade Schools) that are recuperating artisanal traditions threatened by modernization and colonialism, such as weaving, lace making, and basketry; the revitalization of blighted properties and neighborhoods through participatory urban design of community centers, public parks, urban gardens, and food cooperatives; and the aesthetic and physical reclaiming of public space through movement by artist Noemí Segarra.