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Placemaking News
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Market Cities
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May 1, 2024
Research: The Case for Healthy Places
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April 11, 2025
Project for Public Spaces Releases “State of Public Space” Report
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Anne Tan-Detchkov
Great Public Spaces
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Tenri Station
Tenri
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Nara
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Japan
Hal's Parklet
Albany
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CA
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USA
Fruitvale BART Station
Oakland
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CA
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USA
Academy of Music Bus Stop
Northampton
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MA
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USA
River Garden
Memphis
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TN
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USA
La Mariposa
Bogotá D.C.
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Colombia
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March 10, 2025
Project for Public Spaces Releases “State of Public Space” Report
January 26, 2024
2023: A Year in Review
February 10, 2023
2022: A Year in Review
March 27, 2022
Announcing New Co-Executive Directors Kelly Verel & Nate Storring
December 27, 2021
Our Top 10 Articles of 2021
December 17, 2020
Our Top 10 Articles of 2020
November 16, 2020
The Power of Placemaking through Corporate Social Responsibility
October 4, 2020
A New Leadership Team at Project for Public Spaces
April 16, 2020
Announcing Our New Senior Directors of Programs & Projects: Nidhi Gulati & Kelly Verel
December 23, 2019
2019: A Year in Review
December 13, 2019
Our Top 10 Articles of 2019
June 21, 2019
Leading Urban Change with People Powered Public Spaces
February 1, 2019
How To Turn A Place Around: A New Edition of the Book that Started the Placemaking Movement
January 18, 2019
Placemaking Week New Zealand 2018: Moving Beyond Livability and Consumption
January 4, 2019
Our Top 10 Articles of 2018
January 2, 2019
Placemaking Takes Root in China
December 21, 2018
2018: A Year of Transformation and Growth
November 15, 2018
The Growing Latin American Placemaking Movement
June 28, 2018
PPS Welcomes New CEO, Philip Myrick
April 9, 2018
Announcing 2018-2019 PPS Senior Fellow, Dr. Sally Goerner
February 19, 2018
How PPS Drives Change
January 9, 2018
New Year, New Site: An Updated Look for PPS.org
December 28, 2017
PPS’s Top 10 Placemaking Articles of 2017
December 21, 2017
Placemaking Gets Organized: The Growth of Regional Movements in 2017
November 30, 2017
Google’s Urban Experiment in Toronto: A Q&A with Sidewalk Labs’ Rit Aggarwala
November 22, 2017
Placemaking with Staying Power: Kresge Report on Sustaining Public Spaces
November 2, 2017
Celebrating 75 Years of Fred Kent, and 50 Years of Placemaking
April 17, 2017
PPS and the Brookings Institution Release Strategy for Oklahoma City Innovation District
December 26, 2016
Investing in People and Places in Detroit: A Conversation with Laura Trudeau of The Kresge Foundation
December 7, 2016
Research: The Case for Healthy Places
September 29, 2016
Public Space Champions Joan Clos and PK Das Awarded First International Jane Jacobs Medal
December 21, 2015
2015: The Year in Placemaking
October 19, 2015
The Streets as Places Resource Page is Here!
October 14, 2015
FHWA Reduces Barriers to Flexible Street Design
April 21, 2015
Six New Cities Awarded Heart of the Community Placemaking Grants
April 15, 2015
What Makes a Great Street? Tell us Here!
January 23, 2015
Placemaking News Roundup: Markets Markets Everywhere
January 21, 2015
Call to Action: Help Us Identify the World’s Most Endangered Markets
April 7, 2014
Outside the Box: From Local Library to Community Center
January 21, 2013
Welcome to the Rightsizing Streets Guide
January 12, 2013
Announcing the Placemaking Leadership Council
December 12, 2012
Book Review: Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
November 26, 2012
Call to Action: Let’s Transform the New Haven Green!
November 12, 2012
Placemaking and the Future of Cities
July 12, 2012
Bric-a-Brac Placemaking With James Rojas
July 1, 2012
Creating Great Streets: What Does it Take? An Interview With John Massengale & Victor Dover
April 22, 2012
Talking About "Writing About Architecture": A Conversation With Alexandra Lange
October 6, 2011
Washington Square Park + Piano = Joy
September 25, 2011
The Streets and Squares of Cairo Should Belong to Its People
February 22, 2011
Public Space Powered Democracy
January 23, 2011
How Can Realtors be Key Partners in Placemaking?
August 15, 2010
PPS Park Projects Spur Downtown Development in Houston and Detroit
September 21, 2009
Park[ing] Day '09: Turf's Up!
July 12, 2009
"Smackdown" with Frank Gehry
June 17, 2009
What can you do now to make your neighborhood a better place?
June 11, 2009
Playborhoods: Bringing Communities Together through Play
May 10, 2009
Cultivating a Tradition of Placemaking with the Garden Club of America
April 22, 2009
An Environmentally Sensitive Transportation System Begins with Places
March 20, 2009
Shovel Ready!
March 20, 2009
Libraries Thriving in Tough Times
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