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"Placemaking is about more than #publicspace—it’s about people, culture, & connection." 🏙 Let’s Talk About Placemaking, from the Canadian Urban Institute shows how #Placemaking is shaping vibrant, inclusive Canadian #cities: placemakingcommunity.ca/lets-talk-ab... @placemaking-canada.bsky.social

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Our 2nd round of "Celebrate Your Local Jane Jacobs" is coming soon. Applications and nominations open on March 8th on International Women’s Day. Stay tuned. www.linkedin.com/posts/celebr...

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"There is no #placemaking 'profession'; in fact, that’s one of placemaking’s strengths... placemaking has no exclusive knowledge; ...Instead, placemaking sets out to understand social needs and identify the best way to organize space in service of those needs." www.linkedin.com/posts/placem...

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Vancouver's Granville Island - The Ultimate Multi-Layered Destination www.sociallifeproject.org/granville-is... By Fred Kent, Steve Davies, Kathy Madden and @drtpanova.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social #WaterfrontPlacemaking #Waterfronts #PlacemakingCanada

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Networks of people and places building each other up are a potent force for peace, perseverance and prosperity. @placemakingx.bsky.social #placemaking

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How Trees Can Support #Placemaking - Integrating Nature and Public Spaces in Carmel, California www.sociallifeproject.org/how-trees-an... By Fred Kent, Kathy Madden & @drtpanova.bsky.social #Trees #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanDesign #StreetDesign

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Why We Need Social Hubs and How to Make Them www.sociallifeproject.org/why-we-need-... #Placemaking #publicspace

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Many of today's pain points have direct correlations to a lack of 'community.' Common interactions have gone from the public square to the radio to the TV to social media. Our ability to coexist as human beings has suffered. Good #placemaking disrupts this troubling trend.

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Five years ago today #PlacemakingX was launched globally! The goal was to globally network and accelerate learning, advocacy and impact for #placemaking. Please share thoughts on how the movement has evolved and where #publicspace most needs support now.

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Public places that offer options for every member of the family to enjoy themselves are the best places to hang out with our loved ones and make memories that last a lifetime. The Social Life of Places Where Families Thrive www.sociallifeproject.org/the-social-l...

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I am a proud founding member of “AMAKEN Placemaking",a non-profit network that shares knowledge & opportunities to improve and advocate for public spaces in the Arab world. AMAKEN is part of PlacemakingX Global Network bsky.app/profile/amak... @ethankent.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

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Check out the Conscious Cities Festival by The Centre for Conscious Design. Join our @ethankent.bsky.social March 22nd online for our discussion on "Reconnecting with Place - Building Consciousness Through #Placemaking." The info: theccd.org/event/reconn...

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Love should not be a battlefield, but love applied to making better cities and public spaces may actually be our strongest weapon to prevent divisiveness and connect people across borders of toxic nationalism. My more serious article on this topic: www.linkedin.com/pulse/progre...

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Social Life Project on how to make walkways feel more enjoyable, safer, and more relaxed 👉"Double loading" - put amenities or features on both sides of the pedestrian walkway, creating a kind of "safe zone" www.sociallifeproject.org/double-loade...

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Help us get the #placemaking conversation going here. Some #PlacemakingX leaders to follow and engage with: bsky.app/profile/did:... #PublicSpace #Cities #UrbanPlanning #Urbanism

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" #FeministPlacemaking reimagines urban spaces by centering the lived experiences, needs, and aspirations of marginalized groups, especially women and girls." @nourhanbassam.bsky.social genderedcity.org/feminist-pla... #PlacemakingForWomen

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Place is where the most potent & authentic power remains. With new power structures in America, defined by a culture of #placetaking, it's easy to forget how the most loved places preserve & pioneer what’s most cared about. How loved places & #placemaking can win: www.linkedin.com/pulse/progre...

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200+ international #placemaking leaders have already RSVP'd to the 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit! Explore the event, see who's attending, & join us in Toronto June 8-11: www.linkedin.com/events/72769... @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @penalosag.bsky.social #PublicSpace #PlacemakingCanada

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The Place Man is my first documentary, exploring Fred Kent’s inspiring journey as a pioneer of Placemaking. From transforming Bryant Park to shaping cities for connection, this film highlights the power of public spaces. Watch it and join the movement for people-centered places! www.theplaceman.org

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Let's all redouble our focus of care and compassion in place! We are redoubling our efforts to globally network learning, advocacy, and action for our shared places. Our thoughts on how #placemaking can transcend, and even be fueled by, #placetaking politics:

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To make housing more affordable we need to be investing in & building homes & public spaces that support each other. Most new housing investment is “place taking” rather than placemaking - degrading the public realm that could help make the neighborhoods affordable, safe & economically thriving.

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Join the AHRC Place Programme team to launch our report& explore with @ethankent.bsky.social @1carolineclark.bsky.social @jaigupte.bsky.social Adala Leeson Susan O'Connor what's possible for people-centred, place-based work. When: 29 Jan, 12-1pm Sign Up: shorturl.at/OQQuf Report: shorturl.at/51uGB

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New! The second AHRC Place Programme report is now online. Outlines how we can deliver, evidence, catalyse, and imagine people-centred, place-based approaches in ways that can secure positive social-economic outcomes for people, place and economy. ⬇️ eprints.gla.ac.uk/342111/1/342...

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New Zealand has been a leader in delivering Livable Cities but also in placemaking, with #PlacemakingAotearoa being one of the first of 30+ networks of @placemakingx.bsky.social. Their leadership on placemaking for lovable places: www.pps.org/article/plac...

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An interesting perspective that resonates here too #nzpol. Thanks @ethankent.bsky.social #placemaking

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The 11 Principles Of Placemaking from the book How To Turn a Place Around (which we wrote while at @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social) that launched the global #placemaking movement. @placemakingx.bsky.social

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An attempt to find, and forge, a silver lining in the rise of MAGA and nationalism globally: www.linkedin.com/pulse/progre... @brenttoderian.bsky.social

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Let’s get the #placemaking conversation going on here! Not many #placemakers here yet, but help us build the community to attract them. A starter pack to support the #publicspace dialogue: go.bsky.app/An4K6o9t @brenttoderian.bsky.social @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @jaypitter.bsky.social

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Lovely to see @ethankent.bsky.social and @placemakingx.bsky.social on here.

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Implementing congestion pricing is great accomplishment! Now let’s build on this momentum, and make a further case for keeping #congestionpricing, by further realizing the potential on NYC streets to serve all: www.sociallifeproject.org/nyc-is-stuck...

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Reconnecting to places and #placemaking, starting through our families and communities, is the only way we're going to be able to sustain humanity's larger crucial relationships to people and places. Reflecting on 2024 with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social: www.sociallifeproject.org/how-placemak...

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Should Auld Social Life Be Forgot? 🎶 Team Social Life Project Reflects on Our Favorite Articles of 2024: www.sociallifeproject.org/team-picks-f... Reflections & recommendations by Fred Kent, @kpein.bsky.social, Giselle Sebag, GuillermoBernal, Steve Davies, @ethankent.bsky.social & more #Placemaking

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Support public space and placemaking globally by supporting the work of PlacemakingX and @sociallifeproject.bsky.social : www.placemakingfund.org/donate Our work is entirely funded by donations and being hired to provide talks, trainings and strategic planning.

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Joy to our Public Spaces! Placemaking for Joy Supports People-Powered Places www.sociallifeproject.org/placemaking-...

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The best public spaces enable people to experience and express joy. Whether we see the joy of others, or are outwardly sharing our own, when we find joy in public it can grow a virtuous cycle of joy for all. Joy to you and me!

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#Placemaking is not the end product, but a means to an end.#publicspace #gentrification pps.org/reference/equi…

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The website for the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit is up! www.placemakingx.org/summit25 Please help us shape & support what this event can become. Grateful to @placemaking-canada.bsky.social & an amazing #PlacemakingToronto community for hosting and collaborating.

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