Great Public Places

Below are 62 U.S. sites that have been deemed “Great American Public Places,” in a yearlong study. See related story, L2.

Acoma Pueblo

Acoma, N. M.

Appalachian Trail

from Georgia to Maine

Brooklyn Bridge Walkway

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bryant Park

New York City

Central Market

Lancaster, Pa.

Central Park

New York City

Coney Island

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Country Club Plaza

Kansas City, Mo.

Courthouse Square

Sidney, Ohio

Diggstown

Norfolk, Va.

Downtown Plaza

Santa Fe, N. M.

El Pueblo de Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Filbert Steps

San Francisco

Franklin Institute Atrium

Philadelphia

French Quarter

New Orleans

Golden Gate Ferry

San Francisco

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

San Francisco

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco

Grand Central Terminal

New York City

Greenwich Village

New York City

Italian Market

Philadelphia

Jacob Riis Park

Queens, N.Y.

Lithia Park

Ashland, Ore.

Los Angeles Public Library

Los Angeles

Low Memorial Library Steps

Columbia University, New York City

Main Street

Madison, Ind.

Market Square

Roanoke, Va.

Nantucket

Massachusetts

New Harmony

Indiana

New Haven Green

New Haven, Conn.

Newbury Street/Back Bay,

Boston

Ocean Drive and Lummus Park

Miami

Old San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Orioles Park at Camden Yards

Baltimore

Pike Place Market

Seattle

Pioneer Courthouse Square

Portland

Portsmouth

New Hampshire

Post Office Square

Boston

Promenade

Battery Park City, New York City

Prospect Park

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Riverwalk

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Rockefeller Center

New York City

Seaside

Florida

Socrates Sculpture Park

Queens, N.Y.

South Station

Boston

St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line

New Orleans

Taos Pueblo

Taos, N.M.

The Battery

Charleston, S. C.

The Blue Ridge Parkway

Virginia and North Carolina

The Lawn, University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Va.

Times Square

New York City

Town Square

Oxford, Miss.

Union Square Greenmarket

New York City

Union Station

Los Angeles

Venice Beach

Los Angeles

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington, D.C.

Washington Market Park

New York City

Washington Square

San Francisco

West Side Community Garden

New York City

Xenia Avenue

Yellow Springs, Ohio

Yorkship

Camden, N.J.