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Maybe complementing Drew's entry about parkelts in public right of ways, I want to link my own blog about open spaces here. It addresses how open space is often nothing more than leftover space when it should be a place making element on almost any scale. I provide an example of open space evaluation and mapping that an urban land trust in Baltimore County is currently testing.
http://archplanbaltimore.blogspot.com/2012/11/open-space-stepchild-of-planning-but.html -------------------------------------------
Klaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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