April Fool

Resembling The Onion more than its usual self, the Project for Public Spaces, a non-profit group formed in 1975 to help communities improve their public spaces, released its Making Places newsletter today as Faking Places. While not as funny as The Onion, the brief articles use humor to focus on bad spaces and their causes, such as empty parking lots and Wal-Mart.
Image taken from PPS

For those not familiar with PPS, I would recommend looking around their site, a great resource for those interested in place making and public spaces in general. I'm particularly fond of the Great Public Spaces section, examples and case studies of parks, markets, streets and buildings that contribute to the public realm.