Take a Look at Ambitious Plan to Transform Pease Park – Curbed Austin, 11/2/18
“A year after receiving a $9.7 million Moody Foundation grant to jump-start implementing its long-awaited master plan, the Pease Park Conservancy unveiled new drawings and details about the major transformation in store for the beloved central-city parkland.”
Urban Mountains: Shenzhen’s Green Rooftop Project – in Pictures – The Guardian, 11/7/18
“The Chinese megacity of 12 million people is crowded, polluted, and vulnerable to flooding. A rooftop garden is using plants to make stormwater work for the city, and to improve the livelihoods of residents.”
Brooklyn’s Domino Park Blends Industrial Chic with Careful Pacing – The Architect’s Newspaper, 11/12/18
“For the first time in 160 years, a 6-acre span on the East River waterfront in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge is open to the public.”
Landscape Preservation’s Urgent Challenge: Civil Rights Historic Sites – Curbed, 11/12/18
“If the U.S. can’t preserve sites where it fought for its rights, what does that say about maintaining the rights themselves?”
Are ‘Green Roofs’ the Next Eco-Friendly Initiative for Baltimore? – WBALTV-11 Baltimore, 11/13/18
“Like many regions of the country, the Baltimore area struggles with its share of environmental concerns, such as flooding and pollution in the watershed and air. Some say a solution is right above our heads.”
New Public Spaces Are Supposed to Be for All. The Reality is More Complicated – The New York Times, 11/13/18
“But as these public spaces have proliferated, they have also become testing grounds for what is acceptable — and unacceptable — public behavior.”