tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12893351268220056362024-03-12T20:50:55.031-07:00Make Common Space Great!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-80345039144137140952014-04-29T21:14:00.002-07:002014-04-29T21:14:32.586-07:00 Dickerman Park Spring Fling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-58807316775071518842014-04-29T11:12:00.001-07:002014-04-29T11:12:50.544-07:00SParkit is on the road @ the Hmong American Partnership Clean up day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">An excellent day working with the folks at the Hmong American Partnership on their volunteer day with COMCAST. Over 50 volunteers showed up to help take down the fence and make way for green space on the Hmong American Partnership's parking lot. Such a great group of neighborhood folks and volunteers! The SPARKit was there with music and and art activity for some of the youth volunteers!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-73027686594315638852014-04-11T16:36:00.004-07:002014-04-11T16:38:07.390-07:00The "sParkit" is ready to roll!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The new "sPARKit" Mobile Unit will be making it's debut at the PPL site at Hamline and University on Thursday April 17th from 12 -4pm . Please, stop by. Come and play a game and let us know what you think of the "sParkit"! Share with us your favorite green and common spaces on University and help us think of where there should be more! All ideas welcome! We also invite groups to host their meetings at the "sParkit". A full schedule of "sParkit's" travels will be released soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-12322043897535022472014-02-20T12:23:00.001-08:002014-06-10T19:45:48.906-07:00sPARKit <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">“sPARKit”</span> is a mobile trailer/ pop up park, with all of the
amenities needed to turn any green/ common space into an activated destination
spot. The<span style="color: red;"> "sPARKit"</span> mobile trailer has been being created as part of the Springboard for the Arts/Irrigate Project and the Trust for Public Land's work on the Green Line Parks and Commons Initiative. <o:p></o:p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18.899999618530273px;">The initiative is focused on imagining and creating new and innovative ways of utilizing public plazas and common spaces along The Green Line in St. Paul and Minneapolis.</span><span style="line-height: 18.899999618530273px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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The,<span style="color: red;"> “sPARKit”</span> mobile
trailer will be traveling to locations along University Ave to celebrate the
green and common spaces that currently exist and “spark” conversations about how we can cultivate even
more. Our goal is to have the trailer set up on public and private common spaces along the University Ave Green Line. Where are the green spaces along The Green Line that you think the <span style="color: red;">"sPARKit"</span> mobile trailer should visit?<br />
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Would you like to host any meetings at the trailer,
hold a lecture series, create poetry reading or celebrate a community event? We would be happy to discuss any ideas that you might have and discover how the trailer might best suit your organization’s needs. <br />
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The following items will be part of the <span style="color: red;">“sPARKit”</span> Amenities:
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Soozin Hirschmugl, <br />
<i> sparkitmobileunit@gmail.com<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></i><br />
<i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">https://www.facebook.com/SPARKitmoblieunit</span></i><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-55352635822448826152014-02-12T11:03:00.001-08:002014-02-12T11:38:47.744-08:00Dickerman Park Demonstration SiteThis past fall a great deal of time was spent gathering information and figuring out what would be the best way to support community engagements that already existed at Dickerman Park, a somewhat unknown park, located in the Hamline Midway neighborhood of St. Paul. As part of the initial conversations and investigations the "Giving Gardens" which was created as part of a partnership between the Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the Midway YMCA, and the MN Horticultural Society, came to our attention and through a mutual need to close the season with a "Celebration" we came together to activate Dickerman Park and highlight the gardening that was located in front of the Midway YMCA, on Wheeler and University Ave in St. Paul.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-60798014797194396392013-12-18T11:19:00.000-08:002013-12-18T11:39:19.563-08:00Strategies for Achieving Great Parks and Commons...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I find myself spending a lot of time thinking about what makes a great public space and what do we need to take into consideration when creating these spaces. The new Green Line in St. Paul is soon to open and as we anticipate the opening here are some really good strategies to take into consideration as we contemplate, "greening" the Green Line, along with an article on some parks that seem to be doing it right from the Project for Public Spaces blog.</span></span></h3>
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Through nearly 30 years of observation and analysis, PPS has identified nine strategies that help parks achieve their full potential as active public spaces that enhance neighborhoods and catalyze economic development. The parks profiled in this article provide excellent examples of these strategies in practice.<br />
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Use transit as a catalyst for attracting visitors</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Make management of the park a central concern</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop strategies to attract people during different seasons</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Acquire diverse funding sources</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Design the park layout for flexibility</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider both the “inner park” and “outer park”</li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide amenities for the different groups of people using the park</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-14392485474447806842013-12-16T14:24:00.002-08:002013-12-16T14:24:41.992-08:0012 Steps to Creating Community CommonsThis excerpt is from a free guide entitled " How to Design our World for Happiness" The commons guide to placemaking, public space, and enjoying a convivial life. By Jay Walljasper & On the Commons<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1. Protection from traffic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2.Protection from crime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3.Protection from the elements</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">4. A place to walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">5. A place to stop and stand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">6. A place to sit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">7. Things to see</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">8. Opportunities for conversation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">9. Opportunities for play</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">10. Human-scale size and sensibility</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">11. Opportunities to enjoy good weather</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">12. Aesthetic quality</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"People are not out in public places because they have to be, but because they love to," notes architect Jan Gehl, an urban design professor Emeritus at the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts." If a place is not appealing they can go elsewhere. That means the quality of public space has to become important." The above is a guide to evaluating public spaces.. in order to have a successful space Gehl finds that the following need to be present. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">for more ideas check out the entire guide: </span><br />
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The following is an amazing time lapse video of the new Green Line light rail from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis. It is a great preview of what is to come when the light rail opens during the summer of 2014. To view click on the link below:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-80457081042222198122013-12-02T12:28:00.004-08:002013-12-02T13:21:57.744-08:00Little Mekong Plaza<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Paul Meat Market located on University Ave between Mai Village and Little Szechuan restaurant</td></tr>
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Community connections will lead the way.... As part of our initial meetings with the Green Lines Parks and Commons work-group, Little Mekong Plaza was an early site for consideration as a demonstration site. Va Meng the Executive Director of the Asian Economic Development Association ( AEDA), expressed a direct interest in having some sort of demonstration opportunity within the Little Mekong District as a effort to create a plaza as
a cultural beacon for the communities and businesses in the Little Mekong
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discussion about removing a building (St. Paul Meat Market) that is currently
on the plaza site, as well as visioning the future plaza/ green social and
community space. Va Meng, the Director
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<span lang="X-NONE">Our event was organized around </span> St. Paul’s Open Streets on
September 15th with a goal to paint a predesigned mural (on the St. Paul Meat Market) and on the adjoining pavement to demarcate the possible plaza. Local artists Kao Lee Thao, was hired to work with AEDA to create the design of the mural and pavement
painting. Community members were invited to help with the
actual painting (think “paint-by-the-numbers”) during Open Streets day. Youth Leadership Members of Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) worked with the artist, Kao Lee Thao to direct the public in the paint the plaza activities and also worked as DJ's for the event. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954068936847851881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1289335126822005636.post-18974209561025905082013-12-02T10:57:00.001-08:002013-12-02T14:26:28.707-08:00Demonstration SitesA demonstration according to Wikipedia involves showing by reason or proof, explaining, or making clear by use of examples or experiments. As part of the Green Lines Parks and Commons Initiative, we are trying to demonstrate and spotlighting great examples of how a park, commons, plaza, or green space could be used?<br />
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We are working to examine how the public comes to a commons and what encourages them to gather, to claim, and to utilize a space? We are examining what makes commons great? As part of this explorations we are also investigating what constitutes a park? Do we need every green space to be a large public park with playground equipment and lots of seating or could a nice bench in a shaded area with a few planters also serve as a respite and an oasis in an urban environment. When we combine public parks with smaller green oasis does the larger density of green commons provide us with added benefits?<br />
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This investigation is part of a grand experiment in which a community minded public artist works in collaboration with a non- profit arts organization and a major institution and community stakeholder to imagine the possible and move the theoretical conversations into reality.<br />
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For our purposes we will examine other models of urban green spaces and we will reflect on how they could work in Minnesota, while at the same time creating new lighter, quicker, cheaper examples based on our own trials and experiment and this blog will act as a resource and guide for our findings.<br />
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Early research led us to the Rebar group which has lead the way in new thinking about public space and parks through their work on Park(ing) Day <a href="http://parkingday.org/">http://parkingday.org/</a> and their latest work on parklets.<br />
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<a href="http://rebargroup.org/embarcadero-opening">http://rebargroup.org/embarcadero-opening</a><br />
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Common Space Great</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">, is an initiative of the Trust for Public Land's Green Lines Parks and Commons Initiative. The initiative is focused on the creation of four pop-up
demonstration park models along the St. Paul Central Corridor Green Line. The focus is to find new and innovative ways of creating and utilizing public plazas and
common spaces along University Ave in St. Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota. Each demo site will act as an
exploratory lab and support mechanism to stimulate conversations about the best
types of programming and amenities for each area and will serve as a spot light
on what is possible on the commons. Each location will serve as a grand experiment into what a park or a common could look like and may offer some new ideas about what constitutes green or common space.</span><br />
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