Parks - PRB+ Magazine (Page 4)

From Blades to Benches

As visitors stroll through Jaycee Park in Oregon, Wis., an unfamiliar sight catches their attention. Unique shapes and forms rise along the trail ahead, their organic curves blending in naturally with the surrounding environment.

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New Park, New Experience

In the Texas Hill Country, between the cities of Leander and Liberty Hill, the new River Ranch County Park preserves and conserves over 1,350 acres of former ranch land along the South Fork San Gabriel River.

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Floating Ideas

Cross Creek County Park, located in Washington County, Pa., is the county’s largest park. Situated southwest of Pittsburgh, this greenspace provides a welcome break from big-city congestion, especially for those people seeking solitude or outdoor recreational activities.

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Equitable Access To Greenspace

No matter the locale, residents can benefit from spending time in greenspaces.

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Next-Level Playground Design

One thing all kids need in their lives is play—unstructured time in which they can unwind and have fun, forgetting about homework, chores, and all the other responsibilities of their young lives.

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Here’s Looking At You, Casablanca

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Community Gardens

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Grinding Out The Details

While there are many challenges in developing a public skatepark, a few common pitfalls can be easily avoided. Skating around these snares can help create the most popular recreation facility in town as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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Perfect Harmony

There are times when two projects coincide and achieve a perfect outcome.

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Time To Re-Focus

The report’s strategy is to reimagine conservation through an equity lens to include both traditional efforts that involve the protection of natural lands and the restoration of degraded lands.

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Stone Soup

“Stone Soup” is a European folk story in which hungry strangers, carrying nothing but a cooking pot filled with water and a stone arrive in a town and convince each of the townspeople to share a small amount of their food to make a meal that everyone enjoys.

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Running, Jumping, and Flipping

Parkour has been around for centuries and provides a full-body workout, which has led to the development of current fitness trails and military obstacle courses. Modern parkour consists of daredevils leaping between buildings, somersaulting off walls, and scaling tall buildings.

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