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Salem Public Arts supports free Shakespeare in downtown Salem

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Salem Public Arts is excited to be bringing the Bard Brigade back for another free public Shakespeare this summer. After last summer’s success presenting Macbeth in Derby Sq, Salem Public Arts and The Bard Brigade are looking forward to bringing King Lear to the new part at 289 Derby St. as well as returning to Derby Square.

289 Derby Design+Build Collaboration

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289 Derby Street will become Salem’s newest public space in 2018 – a waterfront park! The primary design has been completed by CBA Landscape Architects based on a collaboration with local communities that unfolded over five weeks of Community Design Events in early summer 2017, let by Salem Public Space Project and Creative Salem. That is exciting in itself. But equally exciting is the opportunity to get involved in more collaborative design based on community feedback.

Salem Scene -Party at 289 Derby

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Last year, the City of Salem acquired 289 Derby Street to be developed as a new public space. After a public process, CBA Landscape Architects of Cambridge became the primary designers with Salem Public Space Project and Creative Salem as local leaders tasked with managing the community engagement / schematic design for the parcel. Learn [….]

Eat Imagine at 289 Derby Summation by Salem Public Space Project

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By Claudia Paraschiv/ Salem Public Space Project For our fourth Community Design Event, Eat & Imagine at 289 Derby, our goal was simple: involve everyone in choosing between two design schemes with Placemaking Placemats before enjoying some spontaneous eats on site. Option A and Option B show these community driven designs by CBA Landscape Architects [….]

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289 Derby Plan and Play Summation by Salem Public Space Project

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By Claudia Paraschiv Our first two Community Design Events focused primarily on listening to the many communities and individuals that came to participate in creating a new waterfront public space at 289 Derby Street in Downtown Salem. The big takeaways were that people wanted a variety of activities that could be done on a well-maintained [….]

Meet and Share at 289 Derby summation by Salem Public Space Project

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This is part 2 of 5 posts documenting the Community Engagement Process for a new public space at 289 Derby. The City of Salem, Salem Public Space Project and Creative Salem welcome the community to participate in an exciting and innovative approach to placemaking. After a public process, CBA Landscape Architects of Cambridge became the [….]

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Dance and Design at 289 Derby summation by Salem Public Space Project

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by Claudia Paraschiv/ Salem Public Space Project This is part 1 of 5 posts documenting the Community Engagement Process for a new public space at 289 Derby. The City of Salem, Salem Public Space Project and Creative Salem welcome the community to participate in an exciting and innovative approach to placemaking. After a public process, [….]

Help shape the future of 289 Derby Street (The Carnival Lot)

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Five Community Events will help design the new public space at 289 Derby Street Wednesdays from 5-8pm, May 24 – June 21 The City of Salem, Salem Public Space Project and Creative Salem welcome the community to participate in an exciting and innovative approach to placemaking. Last year, the City of Salem acquired 289 Derby [….]