Inspiring to be sharing and learning with an extraordinary community of luminaries. Like @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @majoracarter.bsky.social @regenhes.bsky.social and many more.

If you're looking for the next big IPO after SpaceX, I offer you PlaceX! Invest in place, as a hedge against us all going to space. Some investing in space opens up an opportunity for these rest of us to invest in place - while drawing to space that which no longer supports place.

Let's shift the development paradigm from #Placetaking to #Placemaking through #PlaceLedDevelopment and #PlaceCapitalism. We've loved learning from, and supporting, the #PlacemakingAotearoa and #PlacemakingAuckland conversations and communities.

The diversity and level of human connection and exchange in JAmaa E-Fna is almost unmatched. #PublicSpace #Placemaking

JAmaa El-Fna Square. One of the world’s greatest public spaces. #PlacemakingAfrica @placemakingx.bsky.social

It was wonderful to be part of the #UrbanFuture conference, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. @mikelydon.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

Some highlights from this past weekend experiencing the magic of Paris’s public spaces!

Experiencing the Lumino #WinterPlacemaking installations and conference. @qdsmtl.bsky.social @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @tjhfx.bsky.social @maxmusicant.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social #PlacemakingCanada #PlacemakingMontreal

Mexico City and Fundación Placemaking have been a global hub for the placemaking movement. @guillbernal.bsky.social

Montreal continues to lead and innovate on #WinterPlacemaking. @placemaking-canada.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social

Wonderful to participate in the World Planning Congress, and to help connect and support the strong #placemaking representation, especially from the #ArabPlacemaking community. @amaken.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social @nadinebitar.bsky.social #WPC61 #ISOCARP

Tour of New York City Hall today after meeting with Chief Public Realm Officer @yatingliu.bsky.social and Helsinki Placemaking officer @arvindrchn.bsky.social. And then bumped into #placemaking advocate @jacksonchabot.bsky.social of @openplans.org!

The @is4urbanhealth.bsky.social Conference masterfully brought together #placemaking & #UrbanHealth leaders from around the world, and then connected us with the deep indigenous Māori wisdom of how place and health need to support each other. #PlacemakingAotearoa #IndigenousPlacemaking #ICUH25

👏😊 Time for a NYC shaped by all, for all. Affordability starts with public space for all to enjoy. Shared places that people love anchor and support inclusive, diverse economies and drive local investment, further attracting and attaching talent to further build the city. 😍🇺🇸

Join me tonight at Harvard GSD for a conversation on Public Space and #Placemaking. @noticiasnodal.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social

Got to visit the Bronx #NewRootsCommunityFarm for their Harvest Festival. Part of Aley Kent’s national #NewRootsIRC program at International Rescue Committee. An inspiring example of connecting #RefugeePlacemaking, #UrbanAgriculture & #PublicMarkets. #RefugeesWelcome #LocalFood #PlacemakingNYC

#TheWarOnCars needs to help get car advertising to stop taking over our best public spaces! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Usually Vienna’s City Hall Plaza is wonderfully programmed. Currently it is a car show! Cars are effectively privatizing and protesting the civic and pedestrian use of public space. This should be protested! #PlacemakingAustria #PlacemakingEurope

Articles to help us learn how to make great squares from @sociallifeproject.bsky.social: www.sociallifeproject.org/tag/squares/

Squares can be small, and still include many layers of purpose and meaning. Piazzetta Capri, Italy @placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social

Block parties always bring out the best in Brooklyn. @sociallifeproject.bsky.social @stoopstories.bsky.social

Loved Kingston, NY’s walkable, dynamic, compact and all-scale #downtown. @sociallifeproject.bsky.social @kingstonny.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces

Rhinebeck, New York was looking charming, drawing many to stroll and socialize. @sociallifeproject.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces

The Social Life of Cycling: How Bikes Can Propel Human Connection Bike culture enriches social life and creates a bridge between sidewalk activity and the street www.sociallifeproject.org/the-social-l... by @sociallifeproject.bsky.social @drtpanova.bsky.social

Livability is still a goal which everyone deserves, but how we currently delivery livability undermines its potential, and in many ways causes the affordability crisis globally.

Join the global launch of #DistrictsInPlacemaking! @placemakingx.bsky.social w/ #PlacemakingEurope, The Place Institute & Global Cultural Districts Network will support & connect districts working to apply #Placemaking, #PlaceGovernance & #PlaceLedDevelopment: www.linkedin.com/events/distr...

Wonderful to be together with some great champions of Placemaking in Bahrain.

Affordable housing & placemaking make each other possible. We need to evolve from building housing & spaces to enabling homes & places. The Social Housing Innovation Summit in Bahrain brought together many great leaders to advance this conversation. @placemakingx.bsky.social @amaken.bsky.social

Loved getting to catch up and conspire with #PlacemakingEurope colleagues in Amsterdam. @placemakingx.bsky.social

Highlights from a week with inspiring people at the International #UrbanHealth Summit led by International Urban Health Project and International Society for Urban Health in Hanover, Germany. With @penalosag.bsky.social @880cities.bsky.social @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social