Expropriation brought into its hands about one-third of the urban space in the national-capital region (a rough square around Ottawa-Hull).
According to The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), these same bikes were used to give power to the protestors in Occupy Wall Street last year.
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Along with The Park, a 5.2-acre feat of urban green space atop a freeway (to be completed next year) the bridge will connect Downtown Dallas to its adjacent neighborhoods creating even further distance from its worn-out stereotype of flashing cash and ten-gallons of makeup.
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To become more specific to our situation: our physical fitness facility, bookstore and coffee shop, exist to meet a primal spiritual need: human connection with our fellow believers in the midst of an increasingly impersonal urban space.
The irony is that the city recently rezoned the presidential library area, but designated it for urban use instead of as green space for a park.
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Tim Stonor of Space Syntax, an urban-design consultancy, points out that the vast majority of the riots took place within a five-minute walk of one of the depressing post-war housing estates which councils are now pulling down.
The result is an oversupply of depreciating suburban housing and a pent-up demand for walkable urban space, which is unlikely to be met for a number of years.
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Allied with the island's compact urban environment -- huge expanses of open space are rare -- and you get an unhealthy "visual lifestyle, " says the health ministry's Rajan.
Revenue losses are offset by the fact that open space drastically increases the property value of nearby urban development.
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Liberty Property, Jones Lang LaSalle, Trammel Crow and other large real estate firms have signed up, giving Urban Media access to 900 million square feet of office space and 4.5 million workers.
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Downtown, wander over to the Place des Festivals, a large public space dedicated to the city's continuous schedule of urban entertainment, including the annual jazz festival that takes place each summer at the end of June or beginning of July.
Somewhere in the wild or in a busy urban space, you find banners unfurled by a cadre of passionate activists, sometimes accompanied by a larger crowd or by a sort of playact depicting the impact of the activities of the targeted ecological criminal.
Parks, gardens and green space in urban areas can improve the wellbeing and quality of life of people living there, says a University of Exeter study.
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Among them are a space heater for residents of the Himalayas, a water heater for urban Indians and Airvest, a garment that he says could save the lives of painters working in industrial spray booths and trim energy bills too.
Among them: a space heater for residents of the Himalayas, a water heater for urban Indians, and Airvest, a garment he says could save the lives of painters working in industrial spray booths and trim energy bills at the same time.
That has opened space for the Lib Dems (who have done well, grabbing control of many urban councils) and the Tories.
The site is part public park, part wildlife sanctuary, part space for installation art -- just one more piece of reclaimed land enriching Berlin's urban life.
Charging motorists for scarce road space, with most of the revenues being used to finance improvements in bus, rail or urban mass-transit systems, is the only sensible route to restraint.
"It's important to realise that bee hives can't just be stuck in urban space without creating a habitat for them, " says Michael Smith, the co-founder of Johnny's Garden.
"The issue of grave space has been prominent for the last 10 years and it's rapidly running out, particularly in urban areas", he said.
The iconic design of NYC Loop and the relationship of its public space units to the city's neighborhoods will become an integral part of New York City's urban identity.
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He also hopes to see a pilot project on the recycling of organic waste for agricultural use in Gaza, and training and visitor exchanges on issues such as urban planning and public space management.
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