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  Photo Caption: BRV broke ground on a $17.5 million streetscape project it is spearheading for the Newark Downtown District in July 2007; Dan Biederman (fourth from left) celebrates with the District's Board of Trustees and Newark Mayor Corey Booker (third from right).



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5/13/2013 Big Philanthropy Helps to Build Klyde Warren Park / City Journal
5/8/2013 Waterfront Agency Approves Consulting Services for BRV/ Buffalo News
5/8/2013 Illuminating Buffalos Waterfront / Buffalo Business First
5/6/2013 After Years of Planning and Building, Attractions Helping Revive Downtown Dallas / Dallas Morning News
5/2/2013 Free WiFi at South Station/ Boston Globe
4/30/2013 Get Smart: Highlights from The Milken Global Conference on Building Better Cities / Los Angeles Magazine
4/20/2013 Klyde Warren Park: Unique Urbanism / CBS DFW
4/14/2013 Top 10 Things to Do at Klyde Warren Park / SheIsDallas.com
4/13/2013 Chelsea's Hottest Hot Spots / New York Post
4/7/2013 Public Park Meet Private Partnership / Crain's NY
4/4/2013 Wake Forest Jazzes Up Campus Encouraging Students to Destress and Interact / Inside Higher Ed
3/28/2013 University adds new seating areas to campus / Old Gold and Black
3/21/2013 Polishing a Campus Jewel / Wake Forest News Center
3/20/2013 WFU Quad Makeover Promotes Balance / WFMY News 2
3/19/2013 Wake Forest Works to Make Campus More Vibrant
3/6/2013 Quad Transformation at Wake Forest University / WXII 12 TV
2/27/2013 Military Park Poised for a Makeover of Epic Proportion / Glocally Newark
2/6/2013 Revival is Planned for Derelict Downtown Newark Park / The New York Times
2/1/2013 BRV rolls out seating and amenities at Wake Forest University
2/1/2013 Chappaqua's Biederman Recalls Grand Central Renovation
1/8/2013 Chelsea Gets Neighborhood Sized WiFi Network / The Wall Street Journal
1/2/2013 CIC wins "Good Design" Award for CityBench
12/18/2012 South Station offers up New England in Miniature with Holiday Model Train Display / The Boston Globe
12/10/2012 Study Break at Wake Forest / World On Campus.com
12/1/2012 Rather than compete, concurrent events can benefit each other / Downtown Idea Exchange
11/30/2012 Dan Biederman Retained to Bring New Programming and Amenities to the Campus of Wake Forest University
11/29/2012 A Moveable Feast / The Daily Deac Wake Forest Parents Blog
11/24/2012 Interest in Klyde Warren Park Remains Strong After Early Burst of Enthusiasm / The Dallas Morning News
11/19/2012 Klyde Warren Park is Every Kind of Wonderful / Dallas Observer
11/2/2012 Dallas' Klyde Warren Park Finds Regular Rhythm in its first week / Dallas Morning News
10/27/2012 Klyde Warren Park Opens to Crowds Sunshine in Dallas / The Dallas Morning News
10/25/2012 Uptown and downtown property owners hope deck park boosts rents and leasing / The Dallas Morning News
10/25/2012 Dallas deck park puts most costs on foundation not taxpayers / The Dallas Morning News
10/24/2012 Public Private Partnership to Revitalize Newark's Military Park / Bloomberg News
10/24/2012 Programming Power / D Magazine
10/20/2012 Klyde Warren Park Seeks to Bridge more than Woodall Rodgers Freeway / The Dallas Morning News
10/12/2012 More Green Space and Fewer Rides in Plans for Reinvented Rye Park / The New York Times
10/12/2012 Wild Ride For Rye Playland Ends in Deal / The Wall Street Journal
10/11/2012 Chappaqua Man Could Play Key Role in Playland's Future / Chappaqua Mount Kisco Patch
10/3/2012 Bryant Park Office Rents Outperform the Rest of Midtown / The New York Times
9/5/2012 Parks Make Valuable Neighbors / Real Estate Weekly
8/28/2012 Parks Elevate Office Rents / The Wall Street Journal
8/15/2012 The Payoff From Parks / Urban Land
8/11/2012 Painting Bryant Park, While Adding to Its Charm / The New York Times
8/3/2012 Biederman: Patience is Key for Canalside and Outer Harbor
7/31/2012 Dallas' Klyde Warren Deck Park Will Be Activity Hub With Packed Schedule / The Dallas Morning News
7/30/2012 Klyde Warren Park Announces Programming / D Magazine
7/30/2012 Get ready for lots of action at Klyde Warren Park / The Dallas Morning News
7/30/2012 Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park will have “four and a half activities per day” / Pegasus News
7/14/2012 A walk ’round the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park, ‘a place for people’ (doing a lot of things) / The Dallas Morning News
7/11/2012 New French market brings some continental flavor to Chelsea / New York Daily News
7/3/2012 Sunset Salsa / There Goes Katie
7/2/2012 Fully Booked at the Park / The Wall Street Journal
7/2/2012 Bonjour To Our New French Market / Markets of New York City
6/28/2012 Chelsea Gets a New Market / The Daily Meal
6/25/2012 Adding a French Accent to the New York Market Scene / The New York Times
6/25/2012 French Summer Market Coming to Chelsea Plaza / DNAinfo
6/21/2012 Parks maestro has Playland on his mind / Westchester County Business Journal
6/20/2012 Eats Beat: Le Pain Quotidien at Chelsea Triangle / New York Daily News
6/19/2012 Forecast: Economic Headwinds / Real Estate BisNow
6/14/2012 Contractor Selected to Design Public Spaces for Canalside / The Buffalo News
6/13/2012 ECHDC Selects Public Space Consultant / Buffalo Rising
5/31/2012 A New City Beat / The Portland Tribune
5/14/2012 BRV Helps Bring Back Chess in Boston / The Boston Globe
5/9/2012 Taking on a Grand Master / The Boston Globe
5/3/2012 Brewer Fountain Plaza reopens as historic area gets facelift / The Boston Globe
5/2/2012 South Shore Riverfront Park Opens / Pittsburgh Business Times
5/2/2012 Unveiling of the New Brewer Fountain Plaza and Parkland / Future Boston
4/26/2012 Private Money for Public Spaces / Urban Land
4/24/2012 Parks and Re/Creation / An Interview with Dan Biederman / NPRA NOW
4/19/2012 Office Uptick One of Several Positive Indicators for Newark / Real Estate Rama New Jersey
4/16/2012 Dan discusses BRV techniques on WOR Radio 710
4/4/2012 Fencing in Bryant Park: Dilettante Duelists Swing Sabers During Lunch Hour / The New York Observer
3/27/2012 In a Dozen Plans, Ideas for Restoring the Thrill to a Westchester Amusement Park / The New York Times
2/24/2012 Tappan Zee Bridge as a walkway? No longer harebrained / The Journal News
2/23/2012 Inside the transformation of Bryant Park / The New York Daily News
2/17/2012 Time for a change at Playland / Westfair Online
2/17/2012 A Playland for all seasons / Westchester County Business Journal
1/8/2012 A Vision for Urban Parks / The New York Times
1/1/2012 30 Big Ideas, Trends and Predictions for 2012 / Business News Daily
1/1/2012 2012 Signals a Renewed Focus on Women and The Arts / Downtown Promotion Reporter
1/1/2012 Wi/Fi Acess Will Continue to Serve Downtowns Well / Downtown Promotion Reporter
1/1/2012 Generating Revenues the Creative Way / Downtown Idea Exchange
1/1/2012 New Responsibilities, New Revenue Sources and Preparing for the Rebound Top Concerns for 2012
12/23/2011 Case Study: Chelsea Improvement Company / Insite Blog
12/21/2011 Local Bid for Playland Would Revamp Entire Park / The Rye Sound Shore Review
12/3/2011 NY1 Flash Mob Turns Heads in Chelsea Triangle / NY1.com
11/21/2011 Parks and (Re)Creation / WAG Magazine
11/15/2011 Prudential Gives $500K Towards Military Park Renovation / SouthWard.Patch.com
11/1/2011 Preventing Vandalism, Graffiti with Smart Maintenance / Recreation Management Magazine
10/20/2011 Have a Seat! Bloomberg Installs 1,000 CityBenches in All Five Boroughs / The New York Observer
9/30/2011 Mass. Lt. Governor Murray Rides the Rails to Celebrate Walk/Ride Day / dBusinessNews Boston
8/23/2011 101 Things to do for $10 or Less: Piano in Bryant Park / TimeOut New York
8/18/2011 Parks and Re/Creation / City Journal
8/14/2011 Hold On To Your Brie: A Movie/Night Ritual that Starts in a Sprint / The New York Times
8/12/2011 Dan discusses private financing in CA State Parks /90.3 KPCC
8/8/2011 Hines Corners Bryant Park / The New York Observer
8/1/2011 Flexible use and programming enliven public space/ Downtown Promotion Reporter
8/1/2011 Collaborative Governance Demands Finesse/IMPACT/Research from Harvard Kennedy School
7/25/2011 Dan on The John Grambling Show / WOR NewsTalk Radio 710
7/18/2011 A vision of South Station as indoor park/ The Boston Globe
7/16/2011 The home stretch / New York Post
6/28/2011 Free Salsa Dancing Sashays into Chelsea Triangle / DNA Info
6/20/2011 Bringing Hartford together / HartfordBusiness.com
6/17/2011 Sky's the Limit: Yogis Head Outdoors / The New York Times
6/2/2011 The Little White Ball Obsession That Isn't Golf / The New York Times
6/1/2011 A Touch of France in Bryant Park / The Wall Street Journal
5/19/2011 Food Coming to Chelsea Pedestrian Plaza / DNA Info
5/1/2011 Making the most of a modest public space / Downtown Idea Exchange
4/26/2011 Dan Biederman: A Visionary Leader in Social Entrepreneurship / The Westchester Examiner
4/6/2011 Private Routes to Public Good / ParksAndRecreationMagazine.blogspot.com
3/30/2011 Much Ado about Herald Square / The Epoch Times
3/24/2011 Boston Common to be redone by fall / The Huntington News
3/1/2011 What Obama & Congress Should Do for Business / Business News Daily
3/1/2011 Transformer//Dan Biederman turns his unique talents to rehabbing Boston Common / Parks & Recreation
2/28/2011 Boston Common set for face lift / Boston Globe
2/13/2011 Dan Biederman on The Metro Beat; Bryant Park / WFDU
1/26/2011 Conservancy plans rink for Vannie / The Riverdale Press
12/29/2010 Chelsea Improvement Co. bench receives award from Curbed
12/3/2010 Pretty Public Parks, Thanks to Private Efforts / The New American
12/2/2010 John Stossel: Making Parks Decent Again / FoxNews.com
11/2/2010 Military Park deploys a big gun / Newark Star/Ledger
11/1/2010 Grandmasters Blitz Meadowlands
10/29/2010 Private funds are the new trend in public parks / Los Angeles Times
10/29/2010 Six Questions with Dan Biederman, Entrepreneur / Business News Daily
10/27/2010 Parks look to partnerships and sponsorships for life/saving revenue / Govpro.com
10/4/2010 Putting the green back into Atlanta's parks and green space / Atlanta Journal Constitution
9/23/2010 Time to Spruce Up The Common / WCVB Boston
9/16/2010 The Common may go corporate / Boston Globe
9/8/2010 Biederman Redevelopment Ventures brings fan fest to NY Jet home games / dBusiness News
9/1/2010 Biederman Redevelopment Ventures gives Downtown Greenwich Business District a new look / dBusinessNews
9/1/2010 New Public Bench is Unveiled in Chelsea / DNAinfo
8/14/2010 Giants, Jets pregame at new Meadowlands Stadium takes on a new look / Bergen Record
7/23/2010 From Street to Club, Moving to a Latin Beat / New York Times
5/25/2010 Bryant Park's Sex Engineer / Wall Street Journal
5/21/2010 Changing Skyline: City's parks need a green transfusion / Philadelphia Inquirer
4/24/2010 Back to the Future for Bayfront Park / Miami Herald
4/24/2010 High BIDs / World Magazine
4/23/2010 Makeover returns Bayfront Park to its glory days / Miami Herald
4/22/2010 Funds Forcing a Battle over Rittenhouse Square / Philadelphia Daily News
4/1/2010 BRV continues to help Rittenhouse Square generate revenue / Around the Square
3/29/2010 New York parks can save themselves / NY Daily News
3/25/2010 Dan Biederman on The Craig Fahle Show; how BRV techniques can help Detroit / WDET
3/24/2010 Want to Get Something Done in Government? Start a Business / AOL SmallBusiness
2/16/2010 Know Your Neighbor: Dan Biederman / Examiner News
1/24/2010 Parks need new revenue sources / WCBS
1/1/2010 CIC: Helping Quality of Life Keep Pace with Business Growth / Mann Report
12/14/2009 "Overused" Square to get TLC / Metro Philadelphia
12/10/2009 Flush/Forward Is Out. Hand Scrubbed Is In. / New York Times
11/23/2009 CIC Wins Design Award for Streetscape / FOX Business
11/13/2009 Changing Skyline by Inga Saffron / Philadelphia Inquirer
10/25/2009 Dan Biederman interview on WFAN
10/9/2009 CIC Helps Build Community
9/30/2009 New Cambridge boat landing opens in Kendall Square
9/21/2009 CIC Prepares for Surge of Visitors / Mann Report
9/13/2009 Bryant Park offers reading material / Baltimore Sun
8/20/2009 BRV Hired to Improve Rittenhouse Square / Around the Square
7/28/2009 Woodall Rodgers Park Under Construction / Examiner.com
7/21/2009 Changing Chelsea / Real Estate BisNow
7/16/2009 Southwest brings a porch to Bryant Park / am New York
7/15/2009 Cafe Competition in Bryant Park Heats Up / Crain's NY Business
7/7/2009 In Praise of Bryant Park / The Curator
6/15/2009 Tai Chi in Bryant Park / WCBS TV
6/10/2009 Table Tennis in Bryant Park / WNYC 93.9 fm, am 820
6/3/2009 West Chelsea more pedestrian friendly / Real Estate Weekly
4/30/2009 "Poem in Your Pocket " Day in Bryant Park / The Sun
9/1/2008 Plush Park / Dan Biederman comments on Rose Kennedy Greenway / CommonWealth Magazine
8/4/2008 Nonprofit has plans for Woodruff Park / The Atlanta Journal Constitution
8/2/2008 Petanque in New York / Financial Times
7/7/2008 Going out to movies Gotham/style / Variety
6/14/2008 Taste of N.Y. on the Common? / Boston Globe
6/5/2008 Bryant Park Braces for a Tidal Wave of Traffic / The New York Times
6/4/2008 Newwork Hosts Mayor from Seoul's Jung/gu / The Seoul Times
5/15/2008 REBNY Report: Manhattan Retail Rents Surging in Prime Shopping Corridors / BusinessWire
4/19/2008 A park transformed / World Magazine
4/18/2008 Sunshine Draws the Busy Away from Desks / The New York Sun
3/2/2008 The nature of Midtown / New Haven Register
1/17/2008 Bike Parking Lot With Attendant Is Planned for Midtown
1/17/2008 Chelsea Improvement Company upgrades neighborhood / New York Post
1/7/2008 Street Furniture Showdown: Paper Box Battles / Gothamist
1/1/2008 What makes public space work? / Lexington Herald
12/1/2007 Dan Biederman receives lifetime achievement award from Manhattan Institute / Manhattan Institute
10/21/2007 Woodall Rodgers Park: Bryant Park as a model / Dallas News
10/7/2007 Center Plaza Oasis in the heart of the city / The Baltimore Sun
10/3/2007 34th Street Partnership recognized / Real Estate Weekly
10/1/2007 UrbanLand Magazine
9/23/2007 Grove Improvement District Near City Vote / The Miami Herald
9/3/2007 Talk of the Town / New Yorker
8/16/2007 Woodruff Park gets reading room / AJC.com
8/9/2007 MiMo, Design districts under study for business districts / Miami Today
7/26/2007 Newark Rising / Star Ledger
7/26/2007 New Report Could Boost BIDs / The New York Sun
6/27/2007 Newark is Taking Change to the Streets /Star/Ledger
5/16/2007 BID aims to beef up dining scene around 34th Street / Real Estate Weekly
5/7/2007 Flexing Retail Muscle on 34th Street / WWD.com
4/1/2007 An Enduring Strip of Green In an Ever/Evolving City / The New York Times
3/22/2007 Biz group curbs confusion / Daily News
3/7/2007 Meeting of minds on 34th St. / Real Estate Weekly
2/11/2007 Public parks landing private owners / Los Angles Times
12/29/2006 Figure Eights in Bryant Park / The New York Sun
12/8/2006 View From the Market Booth / The Wall Street Journal
11/29/2006 Mastercard Navigates Herald Square for Promo / Bizbash.com
11/29/2006 Boozers turn over new leaf / Real Estate Weekly
11/12/2006 Southerners in New York / Southern Accents
10/20/2006 A Park Cleans Up Its Act / The New York Times
10/11/2006 Bryant Park bathrooms get the royal treatment / Real Estate Weekly
9/16/2006 Skating or Style at Bryant Park / gothamist
8/27/2006 Wish it were here / Star Tribune
8/21/2006 Panhandler City Becomes New Latte Central / Baltimore Examiner
8/17/2006 Barefoot in the Park / Our Town
8/10/2006 34th Street has parade of prix fixes / AM New York
8/6/2006 Easier on the Eye / Crain's Business, New York
8/2/2006 34th Street Partnership's booth a design winner / Real Estate Weekly
7/5/2006 Bryant Park reveling in rebirth / Real Estate Weekly
7/3/2006 Wi/Fi adopter draws raves / AM New York
7/1/2006 Haute Food / Departures Magazine
2/12/2006 WRP charette / The Dallas Morning News
1/26/2006 Raising Private Funds to Remake a Public Park / New York Sun
11/7/2005 Fixing up Deiner Park / Home News Tribune
10/6/2005 Bryant Park Forecast Ice in October / The New York Times
8/18/2005 A Flower Stall Sprouts behind the Library
8/15/2005 34th St group helps eateries / Crain's Business, New York
5/18/2005 Midtown is streets ahead / Real Estate Weekly
3/28/2005 Park Gets Good Eats / Crain's Business, New York
3/2/2005 BIDs put sparkle back into commercial neighborhood / Real Estate Weekly
1/26/2005 34th Street district still on upswing / Real Estate Weekly
1/9/2005 Schenley Plaza Construction Nears Completion / The Voice
1/4/2005 Spring PPC schenley / The Voice
12/10/2004 Lions In Front/Ice Out Back / The Voice
10/14/2004 NY Retail Rent Hikes / WWD.com
5/5/2004 Heinz Schenley Story / The Voice
1/21/2004 The Fall and Rise of Bryant Park / The New York Sun
1/11/2004 Bright Idea/Street signs light way / Daily News
11/5/2003 Downtown Park Make a Difference
7/21/2003 Why buy wi/fi? / San Francisco Chronicle
6/24/2003 Reading room sprouts in park / Daily News
6/14/2003 Park a how to for city / The Cincinnati Post
5/8/2003 Manhattan revitalizer aims for new life in Bayfront Park/Downtown Miami
11/7/2002 Murphy backs Schenley Plaza / Pittsburg Tribune
7/21/2002 NYT carousel pics color / The New York Times
3/7/2002 New plan for Center Plaza is lively / The Sun
3/7/2002 Privatization Eyed for Artery Park
5/28/2001 Entertainment Properties Create Retail Value / Real Estate Finance Today
10/12/2000 NYC parks expert offers a proven growth plan / The Boston Globe
6/4/2000 Islands in the stream of traffic / The New York Times
5/1/2000 34th St. The place to be / Daily News
11/22/1999 Task Force to study Pioneer Park / The Enterprise
5/27/1999 Park Ranger / The Spirit
4/2/1999 NY Park Expert Visits Pittsburgh / The Voice
1/1/1999 The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space / The Trust for Public Land
8/1/1998 Grand Central Partnership Creates a New Midtown District
5/20/1998 The Private Sector Shows How to Run a City / The Wall Street Journal
4/5/1998 BIDs Bid to Prettify the Stores / The New York Times
4/1/1998 NYC Newsracks A Model / Press Time
7/22/1997 Shuttle Service to Begin in West 30's / The New York Times
6/30/1997 Capital Improvements In BIDs / New York Real Estate Journal
5/5/1997 Restraunts to Fill Niche under Park Ave / The New York Times
1/1/1997 Daniel Biederman Awarded NYASLA President's Medal / Terrain
12/1/1996 Urban Land Award / UrbanLand Magazine
8/25/1996 Town Square of Midtown / The New York Times
6/5/1995 Forget Paris / New York Magazine
5/5/1995 Plan for Pershing Square / The New York Times
10/17/1994 Sixth Ave is hot spot for office leases / Crain's Business, New York
12/20/1993 Example of Urban Renewal / New York Magazine
6/6/1993 A Midtown Marketing Tool / The New York Times
1/4/1993 Bryant Park Renovation / Best Design 1992 / Time Magazine
5/5/1991 Grand Central Partnership Award

 
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