How Placemaking Helps Heal Our Crises of Social and Environmental Disconnection The two main crises of our time are about disconnection – disconnection from each other and disconnection from the planet. Placemaking brings environmentalism back into cities and towns by connecting ...

In 1970 our Fred Kent organized the 1st #EarthDay in NYC, & has since devoted his life to supporting #publicspaces that heal our fundamental crises of disconnection between people, places and our planet: www.sociallifeproject.org/how-placemak... @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

Join us at the #WorldUrbanForum with many #placemaking network leaders, in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 19th at 4pm.

Paris Reborn - How Paris Breaks All the Rules to Be the Best City for People Paris is an incredible example of a city “getting it right” because of how it breaks all the rules to be the best city for all...

Now I want to go to Paris, which is not the most convenient thing to want.

www.sociallifeproject.org/how-paris-br...

The 3rd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit, will be in Bangkok, Thailand!

Hosted by the Urban Studies Lab and #PlacemakingThailand.

#Placemaking #PlacemakingASEAN #PlacemakingAsia

people walking on a sidewalk

WEBINAR, April 21: Walkability isn't just about infrastructure, it's about appeal.

Join More Than A Sidewalk, hosted by the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social + America Walks, to explore strategies that transform ordinary streets into dynamic places. #ActivePeople

Register: buff.ly/GuPYRPf

Promises to be a great conversation. @placemakingx.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social

people walking on a sidewalk

WEBINAR: We all know a great place when we find one, but what makes it great?

Join More Than A Sidewalk, hosted by the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social + American Walks, to explore strategies that transform streets into dynamic places. #ActivePeople

🗓️ Apr 21
Register: buff.ly/GuPYRPf

Sidewalk Resource Guide: Restoring Social Life in Our Communities A guide to our best articles about creating better sidewalks to revive social life, build great neighborhoods, grow economic activity, and save the planet.

Promises to be a great conversation! With ULI, Carol Coleta, @mayormcginn.bsky.social & our @ethankent.bsky.social of @placemakingx.bsky.social.

Our sidewalk resource guide: www.sociallifeproject.org/sidewalk_res...

The diversity and level of human connection and exchange in JAmaa E-Fna is almost unmatched.

#PublicSpace #Placemaking

JAmaa El-Fna Square.

One of the world’s greatest public spaces.

#PlacemakingAfrica @placemakingx.bsky.social

Some highlights from this past weekend experiencing the magic of Paris’s public spaces!

Paris - Social Life Project "There are more and more of us fighting for a different vision of the world—a world that takes care of our most precious resources: the air we breathe, the water we drink and the places we share." — ...

Thanks for sharing our recent article! Here are 10 more we’ve done about Paris: www.sociallifeproject.org/tag/paris-3/ @placemakingx.bsky.social

In How Paris Breaks All the Rules to Be the Best City for People (Social Life Project), by Fred Kent, the iconic creator of placemaking , we see how proximity, walkability, and local life shape a more human city. A shared path forward.

www.moreno-web.net/social-life-...

A very exciting vision, that masterfully builds on great momentum and meets emerging needs. We will support from @placemakingx.bsky.social, @sociallifeproject.bsky.social and PlacemakingUS.

Project for Public Spaces was started in 1975 to set out and prove why public space matters. Now we're charting what comes next. Read our full letter from our Co-EDs and new strategic plan. 🔗 www.pps.org/article/lett... #Placemaking #PublicSpace

‪Excited for #PlacemakingWeek to be in Detroit, the city from which PPS launched the placemaking movement, back in 2013: www.pps.org/article/plac...

‪A fertile moment to reflect on & reinvigorate the movement. We will support from @placemakingx.bsky.social & @sociallifeproject.bsky.social.

📣 Early Registration for the 5th Int'l #PlacemakingWeek is now open! 🔗 www.placemakingweek.org
Co-hosted with the Downtown Detroit Partnership, this year's event will take place in Detroit, MI, from 6/24-26. Our last Placemaking Week sold out—registering early is strongly recommended!

The Best Sidewalks in North America Sidewalks are the foundation to making the social life of communities thrive. The best sidewalks share certain traits that make them welcoming, accessible, and socially active places.

Our profile of the sidewalks Saratoga Springs: www.sociallifeproject.org/north-americ...

Sidewalk Resource Guide: Restoring Social Life in Our Communities A guide to our best articles about creating better sidewalks to revive social life, build great neighborhoods, grow economic activity, and save the planet.

Start with the sidewalks!: www.sociallifeproject.org/sidewalk_res...

Sitting Everywhere: The VITAL Framework for Public Seating A bench is an object, but seating is an objective. The VITAL framework can help us judge how successfully we've achieved the objective of attracting people to sit and connect with each other in public...

"Placemaking succeeds when we design for behaviors & interactions rooted in everyday life... If we want vibrant, equitable, democratic #publicspaces, we must prioritize what people do over what physical objects we put there." @guillbernal.bsky.social
www.sociallifeproject.org/the-vital-fr...

Placemaking India Goa YouTube video by theURBANvision

Discussing #placemaking in Goa with #PlacemakingIndia co-founder Prathima Manohar of The Urban Vision, Joanna Pyres of Act for Goa, and our @ethankent.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/live/PKC9yBS...

#PlacemakingGoa #PlacemakingAsia

Creative Placemaking - How Murals, Sculptures, and Public Art Inspire Social Life

www.sociallifeproject.org/creative-pla... by Fred Kent & @drtpanova.bsky.social

@placemakingx.bsky.social

#CreativePlacemaking #PublicArt #Murals #Placemaking

#PlacemakingCanada was founded 10 years ago here in Montreal. Great to have another #PlacemakingMontreal workshop for @placemaking-canada.bsky.social, led by @tjhfx.bsky.social and @ethankent.bsky.social.

International #WinterPlacemaking conversations and connections thanks to @qdsmtl.bsky.social with @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @tjhfx.bsky.social @maxmusicant.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social. #PlacemakingCanada #PlacemakingMontreal

‪Excited for #PlacemakingWeek to be in Detroit, the city from which PPS launched the placemaking movement, back in 2013: www.pps.org/article/plac...

‪A fertile moment to reflect on & reinvigorate the movement. We will support from @placemakingx.bsky.social & @sociallifeproject.bsky.social.

Please join us Monday evening to hear the inspiring @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social deliver the Lewis Mumford lecture at the Spitzer School of Architecture. Our Fred Kent will be introducing Carlos.

Info and registration:
ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/lewis...

#PlacemakingNYC

Highlights from #PlacemakingWeekMexico.
@guillbernal.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social

#PlacemakingMexico #PlacemakingLatinoamerica

Which talk title would most attract you?

1. Reconnecting People & Places: Placemaking with Local & Global Networks.

2. The Tragedy & Triumph of Place: From Degenerative Placetaking to Regenerative Placemaking

3. Towards a Global Place Movement: From Corporate Capitalism to Place Capitalism

How Paris Breaks All the Rules to Be the Best City for People Paris is an incredible example of a city “getting it right” because of how it breaks many of the rules set forth by car culture so as to create the best city for people.

"There are more and more of us fighting for a different vision of the world—a world that takes care of our most precious resources: the air we breathe, the water we drink and the places we share." — Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris

www.sociallifeproject.org/how-paris-br...

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