Another reason to love Project for Public Spaces

(One way you seed innovation in a city is by having innovative community and citywide groups... don't get me started on that. Check out Municipal Art Society, Transportation Alternatives, Gotham Gazette, and City Limits/Center for an Urban Future in NYC--and that doesn't even include neighborhood-borough based groups like the Brooklyn Resource and Information Center. Maybe before I die I will get the Citizens Planning Coalition fully revived and innovative...)

From the PPS website:

Open House New York 2007: PPS Events

PPS will host two events on Saturday, October 6 as part of this year's Open House New York. Sign up for our Placemaking workshop in Washington Square Park, or stop by our office in the historic Audubon Building on Broadway for our Open House.