@placemakingx.bsky.social
🌏 Global network of #Placemaking leaders facilitating collective learning, advocacy & action for #PublicSpaces.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.social"...what anchors a good downtown is a public space that supports informal activity. A lot of money is often spent on programming and putting on events and activities, but the more informal life can be, the more serendipitous, & social, & human scaled, & organic, the better." @ethankent.bsky.social
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialSupporting #busking will draw out the soul of a city, and celebrate the creativity and culture of the local community.
My conversation with #BuskingProject:
@placemakingx.bsky.social"We should look holistically at the interconnections between the whole busking ecosystem and public space, and the opportunities that allow for the creation of a busking ecosystem." @ethankent.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.socialWe also have a playlist of 110 educational videos on Placemaking: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialIf you’re interested in adding some podcasts on #placemaking to your queue, we’ve compiled some good ones here, covering a broad range of topics and audiences, with several @placemakingx.bsky.social leaders: open.spotify.com/playlist/3qt...
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialGrateful for recommendations and connections from the Placemaking Poland, Placemaking Europe and @placemakingx.bsky.social networks.
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialSome highlight pics from a beautiful post #PlacemakingWeekEurope tour of Gdansk, including a bike tour to Sopot and Gdynia. Fun to tour with @tjhfx.bsky.social of @placemaking-canada.bsky.social. #PlacemakingPoland #PlacemakingEurope
@sociallifeproject.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialPlants vs. Place: Leveraging Landscaping for Better Public Spaces
From Plantings That Privatize to Landscaping That Supports Public Life
www.sociallifeproject.org/plants-vs-pl... By Fred Kent & @drtpanova.bsky.social
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialDiscussion of how the placemaking movement is evovling to #PlaceLedDevelopment, and ulitmately towards a Place movement:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Cv9... @placemakingx.bsky.social
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialPrivatization of public spaces through planting and landscape architecture is unfortunately a threat to growing public use & investment. To drive more demand for greening, human use, investment, maintenance & management of the public realm we need to keep optimizing its use for human outcomes.
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialThank you Mirette Khorshed and Dhanya Rajagopal of Placemaking Poland for generously touring me and @tjhfx.bsky.social of @placemaking-canada.bsky.social around. And amazing to bump into Lu Alicia Lin, thanks to her Placemaking Europe tote bag!
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialHighlights from a quick visit to Warsaw, Poland after #PlacemakingWeekEurope. Visits to several Polish cities have inspired me to try to learn more about Poland's successful development model through public realm investment.
#PlacemakingPoland #PlacemakingEurope #Placemaking #UrbanDesign
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.social"One of the bravest, boldest things that humans do is to perform right at the centre of a community. That vulnerability melts away the barriers that exist in society. The buskers that thrive are the ones that contribute most to shared experience, to happiness and connection."
@placemakingx.bsky.socialHow Busking Fits Into the Placemaking Movement
An interview with @ethankent.bsky.social, Executive Director of PlacemakingX by Busking Project busk.beehiiv.com/p/how-buskin...
@placemaking-canada.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialOn National Seniors Day, we’re reflecting on the importance of communities that support people to age with dignity, independence, & connection — with comfortable places to sit, accessible streets & public spaces, safe crossings, nearby amenities, and opportunities for meaningful social connections.
@jasonthorne.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialThanks to everyone who took the time to meet up with me during my wander through Poland and the Baltics … Igor and Gillian (Warsaw), Artis (Riga), Andrė and Sabina (Vilnius), Kristi, Andro, Mathias, Pasi, Eugen, Aleksi and others (Tallinn) and TJ, Ethan and others (Wroclaw).
@placemakingx.bsky.socialGreat to have the @placemaking-canada.bsky.social community and conversation at Placemaking Week Europe. With @tjhfx.bsky.social @andrew-pask.bsky.social @ethankent.bsky.social.
@jasonthorne.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialAre we going to start seeing more Canada-Europe exchange and collaboration on urban issues? Toronto sharing the stage with Vilnius, Kiev, Rotterdam and The Hague at Placemaking Week Europe 2026 (Wrocław, Poland).
@placemakingx.bsky.socialThanks for joining Placemaking Week Europe! @placemaking-canada.bsky.social
@ethankent.bsky.socialReposted by @placemakingx.bsky.socialPoland has been a model country for leading it's development through public realm infrastructire investment. It's growing momentum with #PlacemakingPoland builds on this nicely.
A great host for #PlacemakingWeekEurope!
