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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Public Park"”.
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Town Square, Anchorage : public park or festival market
Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 1984
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Design for a water works in a public park
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1875
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STRIKING A GREEN BALANCE: ASSESSING EQUITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEVATED PUBLIC PARK PROJECTS IN PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON D.C.
… that accompany the highly visible large-scale park planning projects promote equity and inclusion in the Rail Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington D.C. This research focuses on natural urban environment settings, with attention given to the …
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Scenic Parks and Landscape Values (Illinois)
… of faith" has arisen between American scenic public park users and administrating agencies regarding preservation and development of these superb native landscapes. Mainly this crisis revolves around the use of scenic parks for publicly supported commercial resorting while original park laws, …
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How Far Is Home: A Novella and Short Stories
… District, before the railroad was turned into a public park.</p>
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Kindled - A Healing Garden
… provide a relatively "private space" while in a public park to facilitate a conversation with therapists, small group-talk sessions, and classrooms to practice yoga. People are encouraged to walk and talk, and exercises are methods of psychotherapy. The architecture plan of this thesis encourages …
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A 'paradox of the Commons'? : The planning and everyday management of Green Point Park
Cape Town's Green Point Park is a legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, built on the then dilapidated, former Common. Initially heavily contested, it is now a beautiful, popular, and well-used public space that attracts diverse people from all over the city. The thesis narrates its paradoxical story …
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Flow Garden : on paths of least resistance
Flow Garden is a proposal for a park architecture in which building becomes pathway. The project conceives of the building as an instrument within its larger urban context which has the capacity to strengthen and unify fragmented public space. The project does so by collecting and articulating all …
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Playground safety in Galveston parks: A descriptive analysis
Public playground safety is a major public health issue. The foundation of the playground safety movement is grounded by a public demand for safe parks and playground equipment. Significant morbidity and cost is associated with park playground injuries annually. Most playground injuries were …
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Nyack River Front Park: a conversation between land and water
… and taste. My exploration led me to design a public park on the Hudson River in Nyack, New York. *note* the printed version of this book is in the format of double sided pages and is best viewed in the format of facing pages.
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Changing the state of fairness : redeveloping Fair Park as a catalyst for the revitalization of South Dallas
This thesis studies Fair Park, a 277 acre public park located in Dallas, Texas. Fair Park represents prevalent planning challenges - the repurposing of sites that have outlived their initial uses and the reintegration of such sites into their surrounding contexts. To better understand the site, a …
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A Procedure for the Development of A Content Valid Selection Examination for Parks and Recreation Directors in the State of Illinois
… a content valid personnel examination for use by public park and recreation agencies. The procedure involved ten steps and began with the completion of a job analysis. Next, a supervisory panel prepared test specifications and test development worksheets. An expert panel was then engaged in an …
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Galileo Lofts : a real estate development feasibility study
… titled "Galileo Lofts at MIT: Housing and Urban Park" was submitted to the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority for the provision of new housing and a public park on Parcel 7, in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA. This study is a feasibility analysis of the development proposal. A market analysis and a …
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Antecedents of impression management among managers in public leisure service organizations and the effects of impression management on performance appraisal
… A model involving (a) characteristics of public park and recreation superintendents, (b) the superintendents' propensity to manage the impression their directors form of them, (c) the effects of impression management on how well the director likes the superintendent, and (d) the effect of …
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A Park for All: Redesigning an Urban Park as a Dignified Campground for an Unhoused Community
… is common to see unhoused individuals living in public spaces without access to safety, privacy, or stability. While homelessness is a complex issue shaped by deep economic and social factors, one thing is clear: urban environments rarely offer humane or long-term solutions. Too often, city …
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Mapping Ruling Relations Through Homelessness Organizing
… stop the criminalization of homeless people in a public park by private security, a campaign to increase access to a social assistance benefit for people in emergency housing need, and a campaign to increase the number and improve the conditions of emergency shelter beds. My research demonstrates …
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The Dichotomy Between Private and Public Spaces has Lost its Relevance as an Arbiter of Legitimate Expectations of Privacy.
… different expectations of privacy that apply in public spaces and private spaces. This dissertation argues that this dichotomy has always been more ambiguous than commonly presumed and has become even less relevant as technology impacts privacy in both spheres. Privacy is much more than the …
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Garbage on the wharf : a transfer station for the City of Boston
… to engage the academic world and the general public with this emerging real world structure. Today many recycling plants, water treatment plants, landfills, etc. are being constructed without reference to any architectural or landscape precedent. Waste processes and economies of scale wholly …
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Blackpool's Aerodromes 1928-36: Politics and the Local Media
… development of a municipal aerodrome at Stanley Park, Blackpool, between 1928 and 1936, and explores the reasons for the aerodrome's failure to be a profitable enterprise for Blackpool Corporation. It argues that this issue caused a breakdown in the interventionist strategies, described by …
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