Our #PlacemakingX networking session took place this week at #WUF13 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with 12 of our 30+ #Placemaking networks represented.

New book: Place and Placemaking Public launch during #PlacemakingWeek, in Detroit, June 23 at 5.30pm. Our @ethankent.bsky.social, who features among more than a dozen thought leaders who have contributed, will speak w/ editors Conrad Kickert & Robert Shibley: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Exploring the role of place activation in creative urban renewal with global placemaking expert, Ethan Kent www.fbideas.org/news/explori... @unsungsongs.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social #PlacemakingVic #PlacemakingMelbourne #PlacemakingAus

Let's shift the development paradigm from #Placetaking to #Placemaking through #PlaceLedDevelopment and #PlaceCapitalism. We've loved learning from, and supporting, the #PlacemakingAotearoa and #PlacemakingAuckland conversations and communities.

Australia’s #RegenerativePlacemaking Masterclass tour, led by Gilbert Rochecouste of Village Well and @ethankent.bsky.social of PlacemakingX, kicked off in Brisbane. #PlacemakingBrisbane #PlacemakingAus

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

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

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

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-...

"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

"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

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

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

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

"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...

Mexico City and Fundación Placemaking have been a global hub for the placemaking movement. @guillbernal.bsky.social

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

Paris's Peerless Placemaking: How the City of Light Breaks the Rules to Get Things Right (new article) www.sociallifeproject.org/how-paris-br... by Fred Kent and @drtpanova.bsky.social @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social, @placemakingx.bsky.social #PlacemakingParis #PlacemakingEurope

"From Crisis to Proximity: A New Social Contract for Cities" @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social is giving this year's Lewis Mumford Lecture February 23, 2026, 6 pm at @cuny.edu: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-crisi...

Placemaking Weekend India – Goa, a three-day, place-led gathering on regenerative tourism and community-driven #placemaking. 📍 Goa 📅 27 Feb – 1 Mar 2026 Info: goodpass.co/host/india-t... #PlacemakingIndia #PlacemakingAsia

#PlacemakingWeekMexico is this week! www.placemaking.mx/placemaking-... @placemakingx.bsky.social #PlacemakingMexico #PlacemakingLatinomamerica #Placemaking

The Future is Local: Global Voices on #Placemaking’s Role in Shaping a Better Future conversations.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events/place... @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social @urbanroomsnetwork.bsky.social @theurbanroom.bsky.social #PlacemakingAotearoa

How #BryantPark Catalyzed the Transformation of Midtown Manhattan and Inspired #PublicSpaces Everywhere (new article!): www.sociallifeproject.org/how-bryant-p... by @drtpanova.bsky.social Including the 1980 @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social master plan report, led by our Fred Kent. #PlacemakingNYC

“A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile and less sustainable… Collective investments in resilience are cheaper than everyone building their own fortresses… Canada is a pluralistic society that works. Our public square is loud, diverse and free.” @placemaking-canada.bsky.social

“The powerful have their power. But we have something too – the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home and to act together.” @mark-carney.bsky.social Progress in Places People Love Will Persevere: www.linkedin.com/pulse/progre...

Join us at #PlacemakingWeekMexico next week: www.placemaking.mx/placemaking-... with @guillbernal.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social #PlacemakingLatinoamerica #Placemaking #PlacemakingMexico

“Public Space may be the prerequisite for democracy, but its presence alone is not enough. Only the People can ensure the publicness of our public spaces and the vitality of our #democracy.” Fred Kent www.pps.org/article/open... @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce a series of #RegenerativePlacemaking workshops in Australia with Village Well, led by our @ethankent.bsky.social. #PlacemakingAus #PlacemakingBrisbane #PlacemakingNSW #PlacemaingVic #PlaceLedDevelopment

Mexico City to Welcome Global Leaders at #PlacemakingWeek 2026 mexicobusiness.news/sustainabili... #PlacemakingLatinoamerica #PlacemakingMexico #Placemaking #EspacioPublico

The best way to create world class streets is to start with world class sidewalks. Sidewalks are the foundation of what make cities affordable, accessible, and loved. Our resource guide: www.sociallifeproject.org/sidewalk_res... by Fred Kent & @drtpanova.bsky.social #UrbanDesign #Placemaking

!Venga a Ciudad de Mexico por #PlacemakingWeekMexico! Un programa increíble para conectar y hacer crecer el movimiento. www.placemaking.mx/placemaking-... #PlacemakingMexico #PlacemakingLatinoamerica #Placemaking