Beach

Santa Monica Bay

Creating Dunes to Preserve the Santa Monica Beach Against Rising Seas

The Bay Foundation have built a two acre enclave, "re-wilding" the area with native plants mimicking what it may have looked like before human interference.

May 17, 2017 - KPCC

A Day at the Beach in Downtown Detroit

Inspired by the Paris Plages temporary urban beach along the Seine, a temporary beach in a park in Downtown Detroit is inspiring the Motor City to rethink its public spaces.

September 30, 2014 - Project For Public Spaces

Prague's Temporary Beach Offers A View of the City

Prague's temporary riverfront beach gives locals a summer destination and a view on the city's iconic architecture.

July 21, 2009 - The New York Times

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