Public Markets

Events & Opportunities

How London is Setting a New Standard for Market Cities

The 10th International Public Markets Conference will shine a spotlight on the diversity and quality of London’s vibrant markets, as well as the groundbreaking path the city has forged in creating this city-wide multifaceted initiative.

How London is Setting a New Standard for Market Cities

The Key to Safe Streets: Five Cities Humanizing Street Design

Five More Inspiring Stories About Great Public Spaces

Workshops Help Elevate Placemaking in San Antonio and San Diego

How To Turn A Place Around: A New Edition of the Book that Started the Placemaking Movement

Placemaking Week Comes to Chattanooga in 2019

How London is Setting a New Standard for Market Cities

Placemaking Week New Zealand 2018: Moving Beyond Livability and Consumption

Our Top 10 Articles of 2018

Placemaking Takes Root in China

2018: A Year of Transformation and Growth

Viva Las Vegas (New Mexico): 200 Years of Hispano Urban Design & Architecture

Place, People, and Possibility: Announcing the Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Restoring a River Park, Restoring Relationships: Improving Environmental and Community Health in Las Vegas, NM

The Growing Latin American Placemaking Movement

Taking Back Main Street in Hailey, Idaho

Wandering the Wuhan Waterfront: Hankou Jiangtan Park

Slow Process, Fast Action: Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper, Kinder

A Public Space Awakening for Oklahoma City’s Kerr Park

Reimagining Detroit’s Public Spaces

Bruce Katz on Opportunity Zones, Placemaking, and Governance

Walk/Bike/Places New Orleans: Exploring Equity

Lighting Up the Heart of New Orleans in Duncan Plaza

Get Ready for Connect the Crescent - A New Pop-Up Protected Bikeway in the Heart of New Orleans!

A Root Awakening: Foodie Business Takes on Food Insecurity in Tuttle, ND

Placemaking to Feature Front and Center in NOLA this September

Beyond Beignets: Exploring Food Culture in New Orleans

Ten Ways to Embrace Open Streets in Your City

Announcing New Streets as Places Action Pack: Tools to Take Street Design to the Next Level

Places for People in Eugene, Oregon

Fall Registration Now Open for “How to Create Successful Markets” Training Course

Inspiration from the Dutch: Improving Mobility to Improve Livability

Planning and the Journey to Inclusion: A Q&A with Brooke DuBose

Announcing the Winners of the EDRA 2018 Great Places Awards

Walk/Bike/Places 2018 Critics’ Picks

Turning the Library Inside-Out in Buffalo

PPS Welcomes New CEO, Philip Myrick

Citizens' Institute on Rural Design 2018 Hits the Road

Where Do I Park My Autonomous Car? The Future of Mobility at Walk/Bike/Places

Deep Dive into New “Super Sessions” at Walk/Bike/Places 2018

PPS and Southwest Airlines Award $625,000 to Further Support "Heart of the Community" Grantees

Catalytic Development: Kickstarting Walkable Urban Places

Paper Monuments: The Power of Place Memory at Walk/Bike/Places 2018

Equity at Walk/Bike/Places

Diasporic Placemaking in Chattanooga: A Q&A with Courtney Knapp

Making Departments Talk: A Shared Language of Place in Durham

Reconnecting Europe's Waterfronts: The Valencian Experience

Public Spaces in an Era of Climate Change

In Philadephia, a Public Safety Organization Becomes a Steward of Public Space

Cultivating Place: Refugees and Urban Gardening in Baltimore

Announcing 2018-2019 PPS Senior Fellow, Dr. Sally Goerner

When Seeds Turn to Forests: Reflecting on 40 Years of Placemaking

What Can Public Spaces Offer to the Globally Displaced?

Silicon Valley's Game-Changing Investments in Place: April Fools' 2018

Placemaking Week 2019: Call for Cities Extended to May 18!

What the (Young) People Want: A Q&A with Setha Low

Join Us for the 10th International Public Markets Conference in London

Make It Your Own: Improvisation in Public Space

Get Into Your Comfort Zone: Five Indicators of Comfort in Public Spaces

Early Registration Now Open for Walk/Bike/Places 2018 in New Orleans

PPS Seeks Next Chief Executive Officer to Build on 40+ Years of Placemaking

Does Your City Have What It Takes? A Guide to Auditing Innovation Districts

Can Open Streets Help Solve Cape Town’s Water Crisis?

How PPS Drives Change

Scale Up Your Skills: Register Now for Two PPS Trainings

Public Space Is for Lovers

What Does Placemaking Sound Like: Sound Places in Louisiana

Public Spaces at the 9th World Urban Forum: Systemic Change for the New Urban Agenda Through Placemaking

Open Streets Cape Town Celebrates 5 Years of Car-Free Days

Calling All Placemakers! Last Chance to Present at Walk/Bike/Places 2018

Nominations for 2018 Great Places Awards are Now Open

If We Had $50 Million: 5 Big Ideas for Sidewalk Toronto’s First Year

New Year, New Site: An Updated Look for PPS.org

Hack > Tinker > Analyze > Design: How Short-Term Placemaking Experiments Transformed Philadelphia’s University City

PPS’s Top 10 Placemaking Articles of 2017

Placemaking Gets Organized: The Growth of Regional Movements in 2017

The Placemaking Process

Now Accepting Proposals for Walk/Bike/Places 2018 in New Orleans

Still Waiting for a Nice Place to Sit

Google’s Urban Experiment in Toronto: A Q&A with Sidewalk Labs’ Rit Aggarwala