People, Places, Public Spaces

The Public Space Bill of Rights below comes from a long-standing and influential planning and advocacy group called the Project for Public Spaces. You can find them at www.pps.org.
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization founded in 1975 and dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build and foster stronger communities. Their pioneering "Placemaking" approach was designed to help citizens transform their public spaces into vital places that highlight local community assets and serve community needs. In short, they believe in developing multi-use public spaces that create a strong sense of place for communities.
In response to the PPS's Bill of Rights we asked ourselves two questions:

1. Was there any part of the Public Space Bill of Rights that people would not universally regard as a "good thing"? 
2. Do we presently find such a public space in Hollywood that is open and active on a daily basis with a variety of things to do and see?

Our answers to both of the above questions led us to what we propose for currently for Hollywood - Hollywood Gardens. We are passionate about Hollywood Gardens and what it can do for Hollywood because we believe strongly that it can fulfill for the community each of the points made in the Public Space Bill of Rights immediately below. And, if each of those points is considered to be a good thing and we can accomplish them at Hollywood Gardens, then Hollywood Gardens must be a good thing for Hollywood too. ​