Equity & Inclusion

Cultivating Place: Refugees and Urban Gardening in Baltimore

There’s a difference between simply settling somewhere and finding a home. So, what can public spaces do to help create a sense of place for refugees?

Cultivating Place: Refugees and Urban Gardening in Baltimore

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

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

Guest Post: Sidi Gomes on the Case for Semi-Public Spaces

Placemaking with Staying Power: Kresge Report on Sustaining Public Spaces

Great Places in the Great Lakes State: 20 Years of Placemaking in Michigan

Celebrating 75 Years of Fred Kent, and 50 Years of Placemaking

Zooming Out: Working Across Global Communities at Placemaking Week

Zooming In: Local Stories at Placemaking Week

Placemaking Week 2017: Hello, Amsterdam!

Not Your Average City Hall: Placemaking takes Center Stage in Philadelphia

Placemaking Week 2017: Bringing Culture to Street Level

What is Shared Space?

Made by Locals: A New Age of Russian Placemaking

Exploring Higher Ground: Honoring Tribal Tradition in Louisiana's Climate Resettlement Plan

Building Connections for a More Resilient Future

Pittsburgh and the Resurrection of Public Space

Rebuilding Trust: Placemaking in Central and Eastern Europe

Don’t Call it a Town Square: Apple and Public Space

Placemaking Week City Expeditions: A Look Beyond Amsterdam

Minneapolis: At the Corner of Arts and Justice

Implementing the New Urban Agenda Through Placemaking: From Nairobi to Amsterdam

Apple Disrupts the Town Square

Growing the Next Generation of Placemakers in the Negev Desert

Placemaking Week 2017: Building a Global Agenda for Open Cities Through Place-Led Development

Houston’s Community Places Can Be Hubs for Recovery

Announcing Placemaking Week Keynote: Ben Hamilton-Baillie

Placemaking Week 2017 Speaker Spotlight: Innovation, Coming to a City Near You

From Mobility to Community Building: Rethinking the Future of State DOTs

Eclipse: The Great Triangulator

Five Reasons You Should Come to Placemaking Week 2017

Placemaking Week 2017 Speaker Spotlight: Short-Term Experiments, Long-Term Change

When Hate Comes to Your City: Charlottesville and the Militarization of Public Space

Youth for Public Spaces: (Place) Making Our Future

Placemaking Week 2017 Speaker Spotlight: URBACT and the City Centre Doctor Project