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PlacemakingX

@placemakingx

A global network of public space leaders who together accelerate collective learning, advocacy & action for #placemaking. Tweets by @EBKent

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Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 The #GlobalPlacemakingSummit schedule is LIVE! 🔎 Workshops, panels, walks & activations — 4 days of placemaking in action. Check it out: globalplacemakingsummit25.sched.com/list/simple 🎟️ Final tickets on sale now! #PlacemakingCanada

🚨 The #GlobalPlacemakingSummit schedule is LIVE!

🔎 Workshops, panels, walks & activations — 4 days of placemaking in action.

Check it out: globalplacemakingsummit25.sched.com/list/simple
🎟️ Final tickets on sale now!
#PlacemakingCanada
Social Life Project (@sociallifeproj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For #WorldBicycleDay we share our latest on how embracing bike culture can humanize cities: sociallifeproject.org/how-embracing-… by Fred Kent, Dr. T. Panova, and Kathy Madden #biking #biked #Bicycles

Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Big names. Big ideas. Big impact. 🌍 The #GlobalPlacemakingSummit is where the world’s leading placemakers meet to reimagine our cities. 📅 June 8–11 | Toronto 🎟️ Final tickets here → [placemakingx.org/summit25] #PlacemakingCanada

Big names. Big ideas. Big impact.
🌍 The #GlobalPlacemakingSummit is where the world’s leading placemakers meet to reimagine our cities.
📅 June 8–11 | Toronto
🎟️ Final tickets here → [placemakingx.org/summit25]
#PlacemakingCanada
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Starts tomorrow! The 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit has over 130 sessions. 4 full days of activity. A limited number of 4-day and Weds tickets still available. Don't miss out! Program & registration: placemakingx.org/summit25

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Dennis Lago of @UrbanStrategies kicks off the 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit with a tour of #TheWell - a unique, 8acre mixed-use development on site of the former Globe & Mail production facility. #PlacemakingCanada

Dennis Lago of @UrbanStrategies kicks off the 2nd #GlobalPlacemakingSummit with a tour of #TheWell - a unique, 8acre mixed-use development on site of the former Globe & Mail production facility. 

#PlacemakingCanada
Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 2 of the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit! We’re hosted in partnership with @YZD — a site in transition, showing us how placemaking starts with people, not just plans. Let’s keep building cities that feel alive before they’re fully built. #PlacemakingCanada #CityBuilding

Day 2 of the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit!

We’re hosted in partnership with @YZD — a site in transition, showing us how placemaking starts with people, not just plans.

Let’s keep building cities that feel alive before they’re fully built.
#PlacemakingCanada #CityBuilding
Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This morning at AKI Studios: keynotes on placemaking and peacemaking, the importance of small interventions, complete communities, and a pecha kucha of of placemaking initiatives from across the country. #GlobalPlacemakingSummit

This morning at AKI Studios: keynotes on placemaking and peacemaking, the importance of small interventions, complete communities, and a pecha kucha of of placemaking initiatives from across the country.

#GlobalPlacemakingSummit
Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 3 of #GlobalPlacemakingSummit at @WorldUrbanPav From placemaking with elders, youth, children, refugees, campus to LGBTQ+ voices — the roundtables takeaways highlighted how inclusive spaces are built by centering lived experiences.

Day 3 of #GlobalPlacemakingSummit at @WorldUrbanPav
From placemaking with elders, youth, children, refugees, campus to LGBTQ+ voices — the roundtables takeaways highlighted how inclusive spaces are built by centering lived experiences.
ISUH (@is_urbanhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Beyond happy to be in Toronto for the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit — reconnecting with so many longtime friends & global #placemaking leaders Together, let's shape the future of the placemaking movement toward #healthier & more equitable #cities #UrbanHealth

Beyond happy to be in Toronto for the #GlobalPlacemakingSummit — reconnecting with so many longtime friends & global #placemaking leaders 

Together, let's shape the future of the placemaking movement toward #healthier & more equitable #cities

#UrbanHealth
ISUH (@is_urbanhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today our ED Giselle Sebag led a powerful roundtable on Public Health & Placemaking — joined by leaders from World Health Organization (WHO) UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) UN Development Placemaking México & more Amazing to share ideas with such brilliant minds from all around the world — thanks to everyone who joined our table today!

Today our ED <a href="/gsebag/">Giselle Sebag</a> led a powerful roundtable on Public Health &amp; Placemaking — joined by leaders from <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a> <a href="/UNDecadeAgeing/">UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030)</a> <a href="/UNDP/">UN Development</a> <a href="/PlacemakingMx/">Placemaking México</a>  &amp; more

Amazing to share ideas with such brilliant minds from all around the world — thanks to everyone who joined our table today!
ISUH (@is_urbanhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A few powerful moments from PlacemakingX #GlobalPlacemakingSummit: Fred Kent Social Life Project on the importance of accessibility in public spaces Amanda O'Rourke 8 80 Cities on placemaking for the underhoused Clara Bitter Gehl on data-driven + people-first design

A few powerful moments from <a href="/PlacemakingX/">PlacemakingX</a> #GlobalPlacemakingSummit:

<a href="/Fred_Kent/">Fred Kent</a> <a href="/sociallifeproj/">Social Life Project</a> on the importance of accessibility in public spaces 

Amanda O'Rourke <a href="/880Cities/">8 80 Cities</a> on placemaking for the underhoused

Clara Bitter <a href="/citiesforpeople/">Gehl</a> on data-driven + people-first design
Placemaking Canada (@place_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 4 of #GlobalPlacemakingSummit at Evergreen Brick Works 🌿 • Messy cities • Empowering placemakers • Digital placemaking • The value of public participation Spaces are shaped by nature + history, so great places hold complexity — and community. #PlacemakingCanada

ISUH (@is_urbanhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a week in Toronto! PlacemakingX Placemaking Canada #GlobalPlacemakingSummit brought together a dynamic global #community working toward healthier & more joyful #cities Honored to be part of this important gathering and already looking forward to the next summit! #UrbanHealth

What a week in Toronto!
 
<a href="/PlacemakingX/">PlacemakingX</a> <a href="/place_canada/">Placemaking Canada</a> #GlobalPlacemakingSummit brought together a dynamic global #community working toward healthier &amp; more joyful #cities

Honored to be part of this important gathering and already looking forward to the next summit!

#UrbanHealth
ISUH (@is_urbanhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On the final day of the summit: We were inspired by Gilbert Rochecouste's visionary insights on #regeneration & Melbourne's iconic laneways + our ED Giselle Sebag shared the closing plenary's stage with Ethan Kent & Ramon Marrades A heartfelt thanks to PlacemakingX & Placemaking Canada!

On the final day of the summit:

We were inspired by <a href="/gil_placemaker/">Gilbert Rochecouste</a>'s visionary insights on #regeneration &amp; Melbourne's iconic laneways + our ED <a href="/gsebag/">Giselle Sebag</a> shared the closing plenary's stage with <a href="/ebkent/">Ethan Kent</a> &amp; <a href="/RamonMarrades/">Ramon Marrades</a>

A heartfelt thanks to <a href="/PlacemakingX/">PlacemakingX</a> &amp; <a href="/place_canada/">Placemaking Canada</a>!
PlacemakingX (@placemakingx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The closing picture of our 4-day #GlobalPlacemakingSummit! Convened with 300+ participants, from 20+ countries, at 6 amazing venues across Toronto. Placemaking Canada #PlacemakingCanada #Placemaking

The closing picture of our 4-day #GlobalPlacemakingSummit! 

Convened with 300+ participants, from 20+ countries, at 6 amazing venues across Toronto. <a href="/place_canada/">Placemaking Canada</a> 

#PlacemakingCanada #Placemaking
UN-Habitat (@unhabitat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Let’s go play outside!” But where? In many cities, kids face traffic, fences, and concrete instead of parks or safe streets. When public space disappears, so does childhood. Urban planning must make room for play, movement, and imagination. Kids deserve better 🌳

“Let’s go play outside!”
But where?

In many cities, kids face traffic, fences, and concrete instead of parks or safe streets.

When public space disappears, so does childhood.
Urban planning must make room for play, movement, and imagination. Kids deserve better 🌳
Social Life Project (@sociallifeproj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A pioneering document for #placemaking - the master plan that our Fred Kent led for #BryantPark in 1980, after founding Project for Public Spaces in 1975 to put William H Whyte’s work into practice: uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5810e16fbe876c… Bryant Park #UrbanParks #LandArch

A pioneering document for #placemaking - the master plan that our <a href="/Fred_Kent/">Fred Kent</a> led for #BryantPark in 1980, after founding <a href="/PPS_Placemaking/">Project for Public Spaces</a> in 1975 to put William H Whyte’s work into practice:
uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5810e16fbe876c…

<a href="/bryantparknyc/">Bryant Park</a> #UrbanParks #LandArch
Social Life Project (@sociallifeproj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The public square is the heart of community life. Here are a few guidelines for how to make better squares. 🎞️ by Dr. T. Panova #urbanplanning #urbanism #placemaking #publicspaces #publicplaces #walkablecity #walkability

Gil Penalosa #Cities4Everyone (@penalosa_g) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Social Life for All: Places Where Seniors Thrive. Fred Kent 'A great city is one that is designed for everyone. All people equally deserve to enjoy their city and what it has to offer.' It must be good for the 8 and the 80 year old. Equity. Great photos: bit.ly/3FZHd6a

Social Life for All: Places Where Seniors Thrive.
Fred Kent 'A great city is one that is designed for everyone. All people equally deserve to enjoy their city and what it has to offer.'

It must be good for the 8 and the 80 year old. Equity.
Great photos: bit.ly/3FZHd6a