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"When you focus on place you do everything differently."
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"It takes more skills than any one discipline can offer to create a place."
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"It's hard to create a space that will not attract people; what is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished." -William H. Whyte
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"If you plan for people and places you get people and places."
"It takes a place to create a community and a community to create a place."
"Sidewalk contacts are the small change from which a city's wealth of public life may grow." -Jane Jacobs

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10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance

10 Communities Selected to Receive Technical Assistance

Project for Public Spaces and our partners at Livability Solutions are pleased to announce the 10 communities selected to receive free technical assistance this year, thanks…


Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces

Collaborative, Creative Placemaking: Good Public Art Depends on Good Public Spaces

This article also appears in the current issue of Public Art Review.
“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people; what…


Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!

Submit Your Proposal for the 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference!

The 2012 Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference, to be held September 10–13 of next year Long Beach, Ca., is starting to take shape, and you can be a part of it. Do you have a proposal for a presentation? The call for submissions is now open.


‘A Day in the Life of a Pop-Up Café’

‘A Day in the Life of a Pop-Up Café’

A time-lapse video shows just how much social value you can get by turning a parking spot into a place for people.


‘Bring to Light’ Reimagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle

‘Bring to Light’ Reimagines Public Space With Artistic Spectacle

Bring to Light is an immersive nighttime event on New York City’s waterfront that presents site-specific installations of light, sound, performance, and projection art, reconfiguring public space to showcase possibilities for change.



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William H. Whyte

The mentor of PPS and of placemakers everywhere

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Are Complete Streets Incomplete?

Complete streets policies are a great start, but they are not enough to make “streets as places.”

Wider, Straighter, Faster Roads Aren’t Always Safer

Conceived to protect human lives, the so-called “forgiving design” of our roads is having the opposite effect.

Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now

Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper is a lower-risk and lower-cost local development strategy.


Projectsview all

Discovery Green
Houston, TX
(2005-2008)

Placemaking Chicago
Chicago, IL
(2008-2009)

New York City Streets Renaissance
New York, NY
(2005-Present)

Boston Market District
Boston, MA
(2008-2009)

April 19-20How to Turn a Place Around
PPS, New York, NY

April 25-27Making It Happen
PPS, New York, NY

September 1-7World Urban Forum
Naples, Italy

September 10-13Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference
Long Beach, CA

 

September 21-238th International Public Markets Conference
Cleveland, OH