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How to Make Money and Create Community with Monuments - Volume 1

The Richard & Annette Block Cancer Survivor Park Serves as a New Landmark on the Boise River Greenbelt

Reducing Fear and Providing Inspiration

The Boise River Greenbelt has become one of the top attractions in Boise, pulling in audiences from all over the city and all of Idaho. The Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza has added another attraction to the Greenbelt to provide visitors with an additional way to engage with the entire space while also providing cancer survivors […]

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The MK Nature Center Extends Experiences for Boise Residents and Visitors

Experiencing the StreamWalk

Located between Municipal Park and the popular Boise River Greenbelt, the Morrison Knudsen (MK) Nature Center in Boise, Idaho, contains nearly five acres of wildlife habitat. The experiences it has enabled highlight what it can mean to utilize popular spaces to engage audiences of all types. Experiencing the StreamWalk The MK Nature Center features numerous […]

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The Boise River Greenbelt Helps Make the City Livable and Likeable

Connecting Boise on Multiple Levels

In providing scenic views, a wildlife habitat as well as pedestrian access to many of Boise’s popular parks and attractions, the Boise River Greenbelt has become an essential element of the region. The 25-mile tree-lined pathway that follows the Boise River through the heart of Boise, Idaho, highlights what it can mean for empty or […]

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The Cabrillo National Monument Celebrates the History and Natural Beauty of San Diego Bay

The Legacy of the West Coast of North America

The Cabrillo National Monument memorializes the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay in 1542. Part of the National Park Service and located the southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula in San Diego, California, the site features a visitor center, a statue of Cabrillo overlooking the bay, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse […]

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Cancer Survivor Park in San Diego Transforms Empty Space into an Important Message

A Legacy of Not Giving Up

Numerous parks and landmarks showcase the power monuments have to turn what would otherwise be empty spaces into places that can define a community. Cancer Survivor Park in San Diego is part of a larger effort by the Richard & Annette Block Family Foundation to transform such empty spaces in a physical manner but to […]

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Tuileries Garden Becomes the Most Popular Public Garden in all of Paris

More Than a Green Oasis in the Heart of Paris

Located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde in Paris, Tuileries Garden (Jardin des Tuileries) has become one of Paris’s most popular green spaces. The Gardens have become known as a place where Parisians can celebrate, take a walk and relax amidst beautiful artwork. Visitors have these options as well, but they can […]

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