FTLA to Participate in Global PARK(ing) Day Event on September 17

September 2nd, 2010

For the second straight year, FTLA will participate in the global PARK(ing) Day initiative taking place in locations worldwide on Friday, September 17. Locally, FTLA’s PARK(ing) Day installation will take root in three metered parking spaces in front of Floura Teeter’s downtown office at 306 W. Franklin Street from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. FTLA staffers will transform three normal blacktop metered parking spaces into a temporary urban oasis with grass, trees and plants. FTLA’s installation is open to the public and will offer snacks and lawn games in addition to ongoing tours of a simulated living roof.

PARK(ing) Day began five years ago when San Francisco art collective Rebar converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park. The project has since grown into an annual worldwide phenomenon that creates playful activism to share values and concerns about the use of urban space. Last year, 700 green spaces were installed in 140 cities, 21 countries and on 6 continents making PARK(ing) Day 2009 the biggest year in the history of the event.

For more information regarding the global movement, visit the official PARK(ing) day site.

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Business is Blooming at FTLA

August 30th, 2010

Business is blooming at FTLA this summer with the announcement of four new project awards for the fast-growing landscape architecture firm. New work for the WBE-certified firm includes:

• Brightview of Towson. FTLA will continue its work with The Shelter Group’s Brightview Senior Living communities by providing site planning and landscape architecture services to Brightview of Towson, a new development in Baltimore County that will offer assisted living and Alzheimer’s care to area seniors.
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center/Patuxent Research Refuge. FTLA has partnered with Gant Brunnett Architects (GBA) to provide landscape architecture services for major improvements to this site in Laurel owned by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service project.
• Baker Street Station. FTLA is is designing a streetscape, garden and other site improvements for Baker Street Station, a new facility in Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester community that will house programs for homeless men recovering from addiction.
• Renaissance Gardens. FTLA will continue its focus on senior living design by providing landscape design services for a new 47-unit affordable senior living community in northwest Baltimore City developed by Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc. (CHAI).

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