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Furniture and site amenities can play a significant role in how we interact in public spaces. I'm interested in how furniture and site amenities can impact public spaces and how we interact with them.

Movable Seating – Public Amenity or Theft Target

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

Tweet A landscape architect at a recent lunch and learn asked if there was any evidence to suggest that movable chairs won’t get stolen when placed in non-secure public spaces. She has a customer who is interested in the idea, … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Neighborhood, Pedestrians, Retail, Sidewalks | Tagged Folding Chairs, Folding Tables, Movable Chairs, Movable Tables, Portable Chairs, Portable Tables, Public Spaces, Pulbic Amenities, stack chairs | Comments Off

Better Block Jefferson Park Update

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

Tweet Here’s an update on the Better Block Jefferson Park neighborhood event happening on June 23. You may recall that Better Block Jefferson Park is a single day event in which a mostly vacant neighborhood retail block will be transformed … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Neighborhood, Pedestrians, Retail, Sidewalk and Curbside Restaurants, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged Better Block. Pop-Up Retail, Curbside Bicycle Parking, Decoative Planters, On-Street Bicycle Parking, Patio Fence, Rotating Umbrella, Side Post Umbrella, sidewalk cafe, Street Benches, Street Chairs, Street Furniture, Street Planters, Street Tables, Streetscape Art | Comments Off

Pedestrian Intensive Street Elements

Posted on June 18, 2012 by admin

Tweet Many elected officials and business leaders are stepping up to fund streetscape and transportation improvement projects for their communities. That’s really great news. However, pedestrian improvements in many instances get removed from a project via value engineering or other … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Pedestrians, Retail, Sidewalks, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged artistic benches, bicycles, cyclists, green walls, live walls, pedestrians, square bench, stack chairs, streetscape, streetscape planters | Comments Off

Curbside Bicycle Parking

Posted on May 29, 2012 by admin

Tweet Memorial Day is generally considered to be the start of the summer season. To honor our veterans for their sacrifices, we attend patriot parades, wave our patriotic flags and we say thank you to those who have serviced to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus and Transit, Community, Economic Development, Parks, Pedestrians, Retail, Sidewalk and Curbside Restaurants, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged art bike rack, bicycle parking, bicycle rack storage, bike corrals, bike parking spaces, bike rack, bike racks, bike stations, cycle parking | Comments Off

Setting Up A Community Garden

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

Tweet Three years ago, my neighborhood HOA announced that they were interested in putting together a community garden. Two years running, nothing happened. So early this year, a neighbor and I decided that we would take on the task on … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Community Garden, Fitness, Health, Neighborhood, Parks, Pedestrians, Uncategorized | Tagged Agriburbia, Community Garden, Denver Urban Gardens, DUG, Garden, HOA, Neighborhood, Planned Unit Development, PUD | Comments Off

Better Block at Jefferson Park

Posted on April 27, 2012 by admin

Tweet As an advisory board member of WalkDenver, I had the opportunity last week to make a brief presentation at the spring meeting of the Federal Boulevard Partnership regarding Better Block at Jefferson Park. WalkDenver, I explained in collaboration with … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Development, Parks, Pedestrians, Retail, Sidewalk and Curbside Restaurants, Street Furniture, Streetscapes, Uncategorized | Tagged bicycle parking, community gathering space, Denver, Economic Development, June 23, Neighborhood, park, pedestrian friendly streetscape, public seating, retail district, unique street art, urban experience, Walk, walking | Comments Off

Streetscapes Website Update

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

Tweet You may have noticed some changes to the Streetscapes, Inc. website during the last couple of weeks. Here’s a list of the changes that we have made to the site. The catalog product’s area is now is composed of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus and Transit, Parks, Pedestrians, Sidewalk and Curbside Restaurants, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged @jamesshaffer.psf.com, bicycle racks, bike racks, bistros, cafes, city furniture, coffee shops, golf course greens and tees, outdoor furniture quick ship program, park furniture, public space fanatic, sidewalk restaurants, street scapes, Streetscapes, sustainable communities | Comments Off

Pagwood Laminated Wood Veneer Revisited

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

Tweet A couple of months ago I wrote about a sustainable wood called pagwood. It’s sustainable and FSC certified and has very unique properties. It’s a common material in Europe, but fairly rare in the United States. It has occurred … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus and Transit, Healthcare, Parks, Pedestrians, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged anti-bacterial, architects, bench slats, chairs, chemical resistant, dirt resistant, healthcare, hospital, infrared heaters, interior design, laminated wood veneer, landscape seating, outdoor furniture, pagwood, pagwood sample, park, parkj bench, public seating, stack chair, steam bent plywood, waiting areas, waiting rooms | Comments Off

How Many Bench Styles and Types Can You ID?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

Tweet I’ve been working my way through the Streetscapes website lately re-organizing product categories. For example, there are now product categories for al fresco dining, city furniture, community centers and golf courses; livability and sustainability, parks and recreation, public transportation and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus and Transit, Parks, Pedestrians, Street Furniture, Streetscapes | Tagged armless benches, artistic seating, backless benches, bench, benches, bus seating, community seating, modular seating, public seating, transit seating, wall mounted seating | Comments Off

Streetscapes, Inc. Website Gallery v.01

Posted on December 7, 2011 by admin

Tweet December 2011 Volume 1 www.Streetscapes.biz Alpha Pagwood Bench Pagwood Seat and Back Optional Mesh Seat and Back Continous Tubular Steel Frame Frame Finish – Rilsan Polyamide Installation – Portable or Surface Mount Applications – Bus Stop, Park or Streetscapes … Continue reading →

Posted in Bus and Transit, Healthcare, Parks, Streetscapes, Uncategorized | Tagged Active Adult, Alternative Transportation, Architecture, bench, benches, bus, Downtowns, Economic Development, Erlau, Expo, Furniture, Landscape Architect, Mixed Use, Neighborhood, Pedestrian, pedestrians, public amenities, Public Spaces, Recreation, retail district, Street Furniture, Streetscapes, transit | Comments Off