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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Waverly Market Pete Seeger tribute singalong, Columbia Heights Plaza, Washington, DC, 2/1/2014 Sometimes plazas are poorly placed, like Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, so it often goes unused. DC's Franklin Square is more centrally located, but wasn't designed for such a function.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They started planning in 2012, construction in 2014, and opened the first stations in South Florida in 2018. To ride is expensive compared to the regional commuter rail in South Florida and Brightline has had serious problems with crashes with vehicles and pedestrians. Lots of deaths. But it's quite impressive in two ways.