[CPEO-BIF] The Role of Parks in Redevelopment Projects

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

When There's Nothing to Conserve, Create!
The Role of Parks in Redevelopment Projects

Peter Harnik, Ben Welle, and Albert Pingree
Trust for Public Land
January 2009

From Boston to San Francisco, successful parks have been created out of 
former factories, home sites, office buildings, railyards, parking lots, 
landfills, and even highways. As a result, many city parks aren't being 
created by park and recreation departments but rather by redevelopment 
authorities.

A 2008 survey of big cities by the Center for City Park Excellence found 
75 parks created by redevelopment and housing authorities. In an article 
that appeared in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Housing and 
Community Development, the Center looks into how and why these agencies 
are creating urban parks. ...

To download the 6-page, 728 KB report, go to
http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=22692&folder_id=3208


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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