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Imagination Park

October 16, 2009 by Chris Timmerman
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Disney has always been an easy target for urban designers and architects. Main Street USA, the main drag of its parks, can be read as a cruel joke. Its simulated urbanism and faux-festive atmosphere can be seen as a sinister, conservative knock-off of actual small-town main streets of yore, lodged deep in the American collective memory... [read more]

A Goofy Way to Design Our Cities

July 1, 2009 by Project for Public Spaces
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Once upon a time, streets once belonged to everyone. They were a “commons” where people walked, biked, boarded streetcars,stopped for a conversations.  It’s where kids played and dogs napped.  But that all changed during the second half of the 20th Century.  Streets became the exclusive property of automobiles, and... [read more]