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

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WEBINAR TOMORROW: Join More Than A Sidewalk – How Great Places Encourage Walking, hosted by @urbaninstitute.bsky.social + America Walks, to explore strategies that transform streets into dynamic places. #ActivePeople

🗓️ April 21
⏰️ 2 pm ET / 11 am PT
Register: buff.ly/89B5ZpB

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

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

Hosted by the Urban Studies Lab and #PlacemakingThailand.

#Placemaking #PlacemakingASEAN #PlacemakingAsia

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

Many #Placemaking leaders gathered at #UrbanFuture. #PlacemakingEurope

@nourhanbassam.bsky.social @jasonthorne.bsky.social

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

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

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-...

The Importance of Placemaking and Public Space for Migrant and Refugee Resettlement - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) Public spaces are vital areas where migrants can cultivate a sense of place and belonging as they navigate the complexities of resettlement.

"Placemaking and public space—including gardens and parks—fosters social connection, self-identity, and a healthier well-being." cmsny.org/placemaking-...

#RefugeePlacemaking @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social

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.

Join Gilbert Rouchecouste & @ethankent.bsky.social for the #RegenerativePlacemaking Masterclass to learn about the evolution of #PlaceLedDevelopment the new paradigm of #Placemaking.

BRISBANE - April 28th
SYDNEY - April 30th
MELBOURNE - May 4th

www.villagewell.org

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

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...

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today, we celebrate the girls and women who advocate for, design, program and steward the public spaces of our communities. Our cities are better for your care and leadership.

Image: CC Province of BC #IWD2026

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.

Experiencing the Lumino #WinterPlacemaking installations and conference. @qdsmtl.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @tjhfx.bsky.social @maxmusicant.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

#PlacemakingCanada #PlacemakingMontreal

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

Placemaking Is Dead, Long Live Placemaking! | Strong Towns A verb became a noun. A process became a product. And an approach became an adjective.

Well said:

"Placemaking Is Dead, Long Live #Placemaking!
A verb became a noun. A process became a product. And an approach became an adjective." www.strongtowns.org/journal/2026... by @maxmusicant.bsky.social & Shina Shayesteh for @strongtowns.org

@placemakingx.bsky.social

Black Public Joy by Jay Pitter | Penguin Random House Canada From one of North America’s most influential public space experts comes a powerful treatise celebrating Black people’s audacious, complex, and universally embraced public joy expressions.

The book is, in part, a call to renew civic systems and public spaces… and a timely counterpoint to some of the many challenges faced by cities and communities in the 21st century.

For more info, or to get your copy: bit.ly/3ZhTJE8

🇸🇮 Programme’s out - are you in?

Placemaking Western Balkans is supporting this year’s Urban Future, as a networking partner. Join the Festival in wonderful Ljubljana, Slovenia, from March 24th to 27th! Registrations are here: urban-future.org #publicspace #placemaking #urbanfuture

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

Reconnecting People Through Places The Global Placemaking Summit convened 150 of the world's placemaking leaders in Mexico City to set the course for the global movement.

Reconnecting People Through Places: #Placemaking With Local and Global Networks: www.placemakingx.org/article/reco... by @ethankent.bsky.social

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...