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Makeover Along the Old Muddy

First phase of OJB Landscape Architecture’s sweeping Omaha park overhaul will open July 1

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New Beginnings

Daily digest: Theaster Gates’ Chicago art incubator breaks ground, Studio Libeskind’s Tree of Life redesign unveiled, and more

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(Little) Island Views

New York City’s largest rooftop park opens atop historic Pier 57 in Chelsea

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Tunnel Vision

James Corner Field Operations’ tunnel-topping San Francisco park is set for July debut

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Great Recs

Detroit is investing $45 million to renovate aging recreational centers and build new ones

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Parking The Divide

Pittsburgh is the latest city to gain a freeway capping park

a bucolic river scene with a bridge in the background at the Chattahoochee
Run River Run

Atlanta takes major step forward in establishing its first park with Chattahoochee River access

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A New Era?

Chicago’s DuSable Park finally moves forward with Ross Barney Architects and Brook Architecture at the helm

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Grande Plans

Binational River Park between Texas and Mexico selects Overland Partners to create design plan

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Imperiled Olmsted

Landslide 2022 brings under-threat Olmsted landscapes into focus

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Moving Forward

An $18 million revamp is set for Finlay Park, the civic heart of Columbia, South Carolina

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Mother’s Nature

Palm Springs’ Downtown Park looks beyond the desert city’s midcentury heyday

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In The Middle

Central Park will become a hub for climate research

aerial view of an old military air field with hangars at what will become the Cultural Terrace
Nearing Take-Off

California’s old Marine Corps Air Station El Toro will get a second chance at life as a Cultural Terrace

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Activating Asphalt

LAA Office brings “barn quilt urbanism” to downtown Salem, Indiana, with new Heritage Park

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Protection At A Price

New York begins demolition of East River Park for new concrete storm barriers

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Giving Voice to Unseen

Landslide 2021: Race and Space highlights at-risk landscapes rife with toil and triumph

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Green And Grey

At Austin’s Waterloo Park, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates weaves nature and infrastructure

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