This is great. Public transit is public space and public space should be more playful.

Yesterday we lost our beloved co-founder Kathy Madden. She remains the inspiration for this work, that we commit to continuing! Please read here about her and her life’s work: www.sociallifeproject.org/kathleen-a-m...

📣 The 5th International #PlacemakingWeek Call for Proposals is now OPEN! In June 2026, hundreds of placemakers from around the world will gather in 📍Detroit, MI, USA, and we need your voice to be part of the conversation! ✍🏽 Submit your proposal by November 20: www.placemakingweek.org

Occidental Ave at the stadiums is getting a makeover ahead of the World Cup. Plans for tactical urbanism have advanced as the first "People Streets and Public Spaces" project funded by the new transportation levy, but have mostly taken shape behind closed doors. www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/s...

Love to see it! Curbside sanitation arrives in Fort Greene outside our kids’ school.

You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars. Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?

Join experts JoAnne Sabir & Dr. Stacia Thompson of the Sherman Phoenix Marketplace for a powerful mini-course on transforming communities through entrepreneurship, placemaking & equitable redevelopment. 🔗 Learn more: www.pps.org/events/growi...

How do you turn a passion for public space into a career? Join us 10/23, 12pm ET, for a webinar w/placemaking leaders as they share their journeys and visions for the future. 🔗 Register today: www.pps.org/events/made-...

📽️ 🍿 October 1st Screening: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces Please join us for a Special Screening of #WilliamHWhyte's newly restored film–The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces–with the Founders of @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social & The Social Life Project: www.sociallifeproject.org/the-social-l...

📣 Announcing: the 5th Int'l #PlacemakingWeek is heading to #Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 24–26, 2026! 🎉Co-hosted by Downtown Detroit Partnership, this global gathering celebrates #publicspaces, creativity, & community. 🔗 Learn more: placemakingweek.org #Placemaking #DowntownDet #DowntownDetroit

📻 Today, our Co-Executive Director @natestorring.bsky.social WAMU 885 @npr.org's 1A to talk about how the lack of welcoming public spaces impacts loneliness among youth and the importance of designing spaces for youth, with youth. 🔊 the1a.org/segments/how...

In 1969, Sesame Street reflected Jane Jacobs's recipe for the "ballet of the good city sidewalk" at a time when this idea was still pretty radical. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...

Every aspiring US mayor should take note: this is the kind of rhetoric that wins elections. You can adjust policy to your place, but the fundamentals are solid everywhere: slow streets, safe school roads, clear bus lanes, and vibrant places for human beings, not just cars.

How can public space strengthen our civic life and civil liberties? On 7/17, I’ll be moderating a panel featuring @rbryoung.bsky.social @aclu.org @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social to explore this important topic. www.pps.org/events/made-...

🎉 Wow! What an honor it was to have #Milwaukee Mayor Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson proclaim June 12th as International Public Markets Day in MKE at #PublicMarkets25! It was a great way to kick off our day of panel discussions, mobile markets, and our opening party at Milwaukee Public Market!

We’re proud to partner with Milwaukee Public Market to bring the 12th International Public Markets Conference #PublicMarkets25 to the remarkable city of Milwaukee throughout three wonderful days of learning, networking, and discovery! #PublicMarkets

It was a blast to chat with #TheSimpsons showrunner Matt Selman about all things movies and Simpsons! Check out the full interview for all the juicy details. springfieldgoogolplex.com/podcast/inte...

📣 New webinar! Join us for "Protecting Civic Life & Liberties in Public Space"" on Thu, July 17 at 12pm ET. 🔗 bit.ly/PPS_MBA_Civi... In a time when fundamental rights are more under threat, placemakers and public space advocates can actively support civic life. 📷️ Harry Connolly

When #HurricaneHelene hit NC, places we gather—libraries, markets, churches, community centers—were CRITICAL for disaster recovery. 🔗 Read "Lessons from Asheville's Recovery" by Ryan Smolar, PlacemakingUS Director & Thrive Asheville consultant: www.pps.org/article/wher... @placemakingx.bsky.social

Happy birthday to one of the people who had most influenced my thinking, Jane Jacobs, born #onthisday in 1916. To mark the day, check out a @janeswalk.bsky.social in your community! She also wrote some short essays that make for a quick, thought-provoking read. www.pps.org/article/a-gr...

This is a real fun one that includes deep dives into the most important film in the Bond franchise, a discussion of Bond's future, and me singing one helluva rendition of the theme tune.

Pretty proud of this find. I was surprised this wasn’t online somewhere already!

When @adamschoales.bsky.social and I started this podcast, The Fortune Cookie was exactly the kind of deep-cut movie references on The Simpsons that got me excited. This is a movie we literally only found out about because of @mikereisswriter.bsky.social talking about it on the commentary.

Just poking a little fun, @adamschoales.bsky.social. Dad movies are the best!

This one is doing the rounds. #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp

NEW: The State of Public Space in 2025. To mark our 50th anniversary, @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social surveyed 700 public space leaders from around the world about the biggest challenges and opportunities facing public space today. Here are some of the highlights. 🧵 www.pps.org/state-of-pub...

Great insights from the "The State of Public Space Report," by @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social, on the make up of the field of #PublicSpace and #Placemaking practitioners: www.pps.org/state-of-pub... Celebrating 50 Years of PPS! #PPSturns50 Thanks @natestorring.bsky.social for your leadership on this.

This was a fun little montage to put together. My co-host @adamschoales.bsky.social had no idea the drum scene from “Kamp Krusty” was a reference to Ben-Hur until we did this episode.

Today I’m so proud to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social as one of its Co-Executive Directors. Thank you to our founders, staff, and board members over the years for helping fundamentally change the way many of us see public spaces today. Here’s to the next 50 years!

From strategy to project management, this mini-course is perfect for practitioners for building inclusive, impactful engagement. We've got you covered with tools & case studies in expert-led sessions by Connect the Dots! 🙌 ⏳ Register before the March 13th deadline! 🔗 bit.ly/4gJVG2W

"We don't always think about care in the right way. Maintenance isn't enough." @natestorring.bsky.social shares the *secret sauce* for great public spaces: the infrastructure of care. It's more important than ever in our fragmented world. 🎥 Watch more from Art of City Building: bit.ly/43c6K55

We’re ba-ack!

"There was so much idealism and so much vision for this futuristic place." Ali Weinstein tells @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social about exploring the magic of Ontario Place in Rogers Best Canadian Documentary nominee #YourTomorrow torontofilmcritics.com/features/you...

📣 Early registration for #PublicMarkets25 is NOW OPEN! Co-hosted w/ Milwaukee Public Market in #Milwaukee, WI, June 12-14, 2025, this is an exciting opportunity to explore Milwaukee’s dynamic market scene! 🎟️ publicmarkets.pps.org ⛲ Register by 3/20 & enjoy 15% ($100!) off! 📷 Visit Milwaukee