Project for Public Spaces @PPS_Placemaking
We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking social impact partnerships, events & training. Check out our newsletter: https://t.co/AinAQqJLkf pps.org New York, NY Joined February 2009-
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This year's "50 Best Cities to Live in the U.S." from Money includes a wide array of cities with unique public programming and activated public spaces. We're especially thrilled to see Project for Public Spaces mentioned in the survey's methodology! money.com/best-places-li…
Eva Pacheo, a local crochet teacher and her students in Alhaurín de la Torre, in Malaga, Spain, collaboratively created a massive canopy of patchwork crochet to create shade for their community #WomensArt
I love Baltimore.
What can we learn from the knowledge of @PPS_Placemaking from the work of Fred Kent and Kathy Madden? Besides their impressive projects and publications they started an online collection to share their knowledge of how to see. It is a visual library Sociallifeproject.org
Corona Plaza: How Street Vendors Created the Soul of a Queens Neighborhood sociallifeproject.org/corona-plaza-m… Our Steve Davies writes about his work supporting #StreetVendors in #CoronaPlaza. A story relevant to supporting and integrating #StreetVending in #publicspaces anywhere.
Maybe we'll lead a study into street corners in our neighborhoods and its impacts on community.
Maybe we'll lead a study into street corners in our neighborhoods and its impacts on community.
How Placemaking Helps Heal Our Crises of Social and Environmental Disconnection sociallifeproject.org/how-placemakin… Our #EarthDay2024 post by @Fred_Kent, @kpeinhardt, @DrTPanova & @ebkent
Explore how eight cities around the world make the most out of the humble street corner: sociallifeproject.org/corners-that-c… #placemaking
A new global survey reveals how downtowns around the world can level up: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@patriciamou_ Great idea! We have placemaking people all around the world that can help create third places in malls. An early example of successfully reinvigorating and anchoring malls with #ThirdPlaces: pps.org/article/march2… @PPS_Placemaking @ThirdPlaceBooks
Redding, California, just received a grant of over $3 million to improve South City Park! We're proud to have facilitated the community vision for this project. Check out our concept plans as well as our report: krcrtv.com/news/local/red… #placemaking #publicspaces
Our @CLEPublicSquare Visioning Workshops with @PPS_Placemaking take place tomorrow evening and again on Thursday at lunchtime! Register today if you haven’t yet - it’s not too late! We want to hear your thoughts and ideas: eventbrite.com/e/public-squar…
Our @CLEPublicSquare Visioning Workshops with @PPS_Placemaking take place tomorrow evening and again on Thursday at lunchtime! Register today if you haven’t yet - it’s not too late! We want to hear your thoughts and ideas: eventbrite.com/e/public-squar…
The incoming Prime Minister on Singapore, Lawrence Wong, is a #placemaking champion! He participated in a #PlaceManagement seminar that I delivered to help kick-off their placemaking programs and pilot BIDs with @URAsg back in 2018. #placemakingSingapore #placemakingAsia
The incoming Prime Minister on Singapore, Lawrence Wong, is a #placemaking champion! He participated in a #PlaceManagement seminar that I delivered to help kick-off their placemaking programs and pilot BIDs with @URAsg back in 2018. #placemakingSingapore #placemakingAsia
Our Community Placemaking Grants initiative launched with the goal to improve public spaces in the communities that need it the most. Together with the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, we’re working on transforming Downtown Cleveland’s Public Square: neo-trans.blog/2024/03/25/cle…
Last week, Project for Public Spaces hosted the webinar "How Can Placemaking Help Downtowns Bounce Back?" Our inspiring panel of downtown leaders offered up a diversity of of insights and case studies for placemakers. Here are four key takeaways: us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=[UNIQID]&u=…
The goal of urban spaces should be to make them social. Even those who are alone typically prefer to be close to others.
📣Join one of our upcoming @CLEPublicSquare Visioning Workshops with @PPS_Placemaking to share your insight on improving the future of this central gathering space!🌱 ☑️4/17: 5:30-7:30pm OR ☑️4/18: 12-2pm Free registration required to join - sign up now! eventbrite.com/e/public-squar…
We invite you to join us for Project for Public Spaces’ 4th International Placemaking Week conference on June 5–8, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, co-hosted by the @NDCMaryland. Explore the program & be sure register ASAP so you don't miss out: placemakingweek.org/24/program
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I love Baltimore.
Y'all I just discovered that in return for donating his art collection, John Waters asked the Baltimore Museum of Art to name bathrooms after him. And they did. And they're gender-neutral.
What can we learn from the knowledge of @PPS_Placemaking from the work of Fred Kent and Kathy Madden? Besides their impressive projects and publications they started an online collection to share their knowledge of how to see. It is a visual library Sociallifeproject.org
Corona Plaza: How Street Vendors Created the Soul of a Queens Neighborhood sociallifeproject.org/corona-plaza-m… Our Steve Davies writes about his work supporting #StreetVendors in #CoronaPlaza. A story relevant to supporting and integrating #StreetVending in #publicspaces anywhere.
This year, we reviewed more than 300 proposals to curate an exciting program for our upcoming Placemaking Week conference. Along the way, we noticed five distinct themes that highlight what is top of mind for public spaces professionals in 2024: pps.org/article/five-e…
Maybe we'll lead a study into street corners in our neighborhoods and its impacts on community.
Explore how eight cities around the world make the most out of the humble street corner: sociallifeproject.org/corners-that-c… #placemaking
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@patriciamou_ Great idea! We have placemaking people all around the world that can help create third places in malls. An early example of successfully reinvigorating and anchoring malls with #ThirdPlaces: pps.org/article/march2… @PPS_Placemaking @ThirdPlaceBooks
Redding, California, just received a grant of over $3 million to improve South City Park! We're proud to have facilitated the community vision for this project. Check out our concept plans as well as our report: krcrtv.com/news/local/red… #placemaking #publicspaces
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📣Join one of our upcoming @CLEPublicSquare Visioning Workshops with @PPS_Placemaking to share your insight on improving the future of this central gathering space!🌱 ☑️4/17: 5:30-7:30pm OR ☑️4/18: 12-2pm Free registration required to join - sign up now! eventbrite.com/e/public-squar…
The incoming Prime Minister on Singapore, Lawrence Wong, is a #placemaking champion! He participated in a #PlaceManagement seminar that I delivered to help kick-off their placemaking programs and pilot BIDs with @URAsg back in 2018. #placemakingSingapore #placemakingAsia
Singapore is developing its leadership on #placemaking and #PlaceGovernance with a seminar today and tomorrow led by @URAsg with our @ebkent. #PlaceGovernance
The goal of urban spaces should be to make them social. Even those who are alone typically prefer to be close to others.
📣Join one of our upcoming @CLEPublicSquare Visioning Workshops with @PPS_Placemaking to share your insight on improving the future of this central gathering space!🌱 ☑️4/17: 5:30-7:30pm OR ☑️4/18: 12-2pm Free registration required to join - sign up now! eventbrite.com/e/public-squar…
We invite you to join us for Project for Public Spaces’ 4th International Placemaking Week conference on June 5–8, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, co-hosted by the @NDCMaryland. Explore the program & be sure register ASAP so you don't miss out: placemakingweek.org/24/program
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If you’re out enjoying the #Eclipse2024 today, take a moment to watch how this rare event also changes how people behave too! It’s a great example of what William H. Whyte called “triangulation,” a third point that invites two strangers to interact. pps.org/article/eclips…
@culturaltutor The same way our cities became defined by highways and cars they can become define around people and places: sociallifeproject.org/streets_as_pla…
Great catching up with @MikeLydon and seeing @NYC_DOT’s newest permanent plaza, in the location of its first temporary plaza.
Cities should create public places that invite people to sit, schmooze, and eat. William Whyte’s groundbreaking findings about vibrant urban spaces shouldn’t be controversial. But they are. Me, in @CityLab bloomberg.com/news/articles/…