Neighbors gather for the grand opening of Gold Street Park, whose starburst centerpiece symbolizes hope and recovery for a Baltimore neighborhood. Photo by Edwin Remsburg.
On a corner in Baltimore surrounded by vacant lots and boarded-up buildings, Gold Street Park is easy to miss. Built on a former coal yard in the neighborhood of Druid Heights, the pocket park features a winding brick path that leads to a circular gathering space with a starburst mural at its center. Continue reading A Park with a Heart of Gold→
Baseball-style cards inform kids about real-life landscape architects, civil engineers, and other design professionals. Image courtesy LandDesign.
Although they don’t depict the likes of a Mike Trout or Max Scherzer, a new series of “baseball cards” may get children jazzed about careers in landscape architecture. Continue reading Trading Faces→
Harvey Pratt, a veteran and member of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, was the original designer of the 12-foot steel circle that represents nature and harmony.
Materials were made possible in part through thousands of dollars’ worth of donations. Image courtesy Studio Ludo.
In downtown Philadelphia, a colorful city development project is under way. The buildings are bright blue and orange, the gabled roofs patterned with triangles and chevrons. Continue reading Providing Play in a Pandemic→
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