National Bicycling and Walking Survey
As part of the U.S. National Bicycling and Walking Study, PPS prepared a case study concerning the effects of environmental design on the amount and type of bicycling and walking. This book is the...
View ArticleLeadership by Design
Drawing upon his unique experience as the only licensed architect to have served in Congress during the 20th century, and through original and careful historical research, PPS board member and former...
View ArticlePlaces Journal: Special Parks Issue
This stunning, full-color issue of Places: A Forum of Environmental Design is a must-have for anyone interested in the origins of city parks, their history, and their evolving role as catalysts of...
View ArticleAchieving Great Federal Public Spaces: A Property Manager’s Guide
Achieving Great Federal Public Spaces is an invaluable book for property managers, developers, and anyone else who wants to evaluate and improve their lobbies, atriums, plazas, courtyards, and other...
View ArticleGreat Corridors, Great Communities: The Quiet Revolution in Transportation...
This is a part of a three-part series: A Citizen’s Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage Your Transportation Agency Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities The Quiet Revolution in...
View ArticleStreets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities
This is a part of a three-part series: A Citizen’s Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage Your Transportation Agency Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities The Quiet Revolution in...
View ArticleA Citizens Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage your Transportation Agency
This is a part of a three-part series: A Citizen’s Guide to Better Streets: How to Engage Your Transportation Agency Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities The Quiet Revolution in...
View ArticleThe Reading Terminal Market
Loyal patrons, visitors to the city, and aficionados of public markets in general will be fascinated by the inside story told in The Reading Terminal Market: An Illustrated History, by David K. O’Neil...
View ArticlePublic Parks, Private Partners
“Well-researched, concise, and packed with practical advice and wisdom. Park administrators, neighborhood groups, citizen activists, and nonprofit funders will all find something to learn here.” - APA...
View ArticlePublic Markets & Community Revitalization
A guidebook covering all aspects of the market development process, from simple, inexpensive farmers’ and craft markets to large market districts. Shows how public markets can revitalize communities,...
View ArticleThe Great Neighborhood Book
Abandoned lots and litter-strewn sidewalks, or rows of green beans and pockets of wildflowers? Graffiti-marked walls and desolate bus stops, or shady refuges and comfortable seating? What transforms a...
View ArticleThe Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Whyte’s classic 1980 study of New York’s plazas started a mini-revolution in urban planning and design. Out of print for six years, PPS has acquired the rights and is thrilled to make this important...
View ArticleHow to Turn a Place Around
“How to Turn a Place Around should be on the bookshelf of every urban designer and landscape architect – if not for themselves, then for their clients.” -Landscape Architecture How to Turn a Place...
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