“It never rains in August,” a parent at Frank Brouillet Elementary in Puyallup, Washington promised me. On Tuesday afternoon underneath ominous rain clouds and atop soggy ground I stood with hundreds of children, parents, teachers, and volunteers to cut a very long and sparkly ribbon and open the school’s new playground. The children, who would be returning to school in two days, raced onto the newly mulched grounds to jump, climb and swing on the primary colored equipment. The first rain drops fell, tentatively at first, and then with more momentum. The kids didn’t seem to mind. Read & Discuss
By: 
According to the Economist it is. Their 
This week the east coast was forced to slow down a bit. The winter storms closed roads, schools and the 
Rosanne Haggerty is a busy woman. The 40-something MacArthur Genius and founder of the non-profit Common Ground has a campaign to run. Her goal? House 100,000 homeless in the next three years. She founded her non-profit, Common Ground, in 1990 and pioneered a new model of well designed, community-focused, affordable housing. Haggerty has shown that offering a permanent solution to homelessness is more cost effective than stop gap, short-term measures. This year, Common Ground will share their lessons of the last two decades with partner organizations across the country. I talked with Rosanne about her new campaign and Times Square in the 90s. 
Walkability- a measure of how pedestrian friendly a place is- could reduce foreclosure rates. At least in the places that are walkable. A new 
When New York’s new transportation czar decided to replace car lanes with lawn furniture she was crazy or brilliant, 
One of the best things about living in New York is the cornucopia of people, places and things. But how to decide between that little french restaurant near the 
