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Placemaking
Jump into the Placemaking conversation and be inspired by these leading people and organizations.
@betterstreetschicago.org
Chicagoans working together to make our streets better for walking, rolling, bicycling and public transit. 🧑🦼🚶🚲🚌 linktr.ee/betterstreetschicago
@michigandot.bsky.social
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) - Serving and connecting people, communities and the economy through transportation. www.Michigan.gov/MDOT www.Michigan.gov/Drive
@stpp-um.bsky.social
Addressing urgent questions at the intersection of science, technology, policy, and society.
@placemakingx.bsky.social
🌏 Global network of #Placemaking leaders facilitating collective learning, advocacy & action for #PublicSpaces. www.PlacemakingX.org
@jaypitter.bsky.social
Award-Winning Placemaker (25+ North American Cities). Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada. Hip Hop & a lil Punk Rock. Hopeful.
@mikelydon.bsky.social
Co-Founder @ Street Plans | Co-Author #TacticalUrbanism, Smart Growth Manual, Streets for Pandemic Response + Recovery | Board Member @ Congress for New Urbanism | Creator Open_Streets Project | Léo + Luca’s dad | 📍 Brooklyn, NY 🚲 🚶 🚌 🌆
@natestorring.bsky.social
City observer, movie lover, errant Canadian. ⛲️ Co-Executive Director, @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social 📖 Co-Editor, brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal 🎧 Co-Host, @simpsonsfilmpod.bsky.social 🏡 Resident, Lambertville, NJ
@daniel-latorre.bsky.social
Mindful tech product leader, founder & advisor at WiseCityLife.com. Founder of Digital #Placemaking. ex-PPS_Placemaking. Recently led product for a cutting-edge distributed protocol startup. Calling in a more pluralistic place-led world: offline>online.
@ethankent.bsky.social
Supporting public space and placemaking learning, advocacy and action globally. Executive Director, @placemakingx.bsky.social https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
@placemaking-canada.bsky.social
Founded in 2015. A cross-country collective working on placemaking and public space advocacy. placemaking-canada.ca
@imadgination03.bsky.social
Place - Heritage - Emotion - Urban History Professor of Urban Studies at University of Glasgow Arts & Humanities Research Council Place Programme Director Views/posts/likes etc my own
@lohplaces.bsky.social
CRE, transit, regionalism Boards: WMATA, GGWash, District Bridges Book: https://www.brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal/ Bio: https://www.brookings.edu/people/tracy-hadden-loh/
@brenttoderian.bsky.social
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
@mallorybaches.bsky.social
AICP, LEED-AP, CNU-A Urban design, sustainable cities, ND Football Mom, President of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and @ndschoolofarch.bsky.social alum www.cnu.org
@penalosag.bsky.social
Founder 8 80 Cities and #Cities4Everyone. Equity & sustainability. Worked in over 350 cities. Ran for mayor of Toronto, 2022. Top 100 urbanists (13).
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social
Urban planner, public speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, the planet, planning, parks & public space.
@americawalks.bsky.social
Everyone should be able to move around their community with dignity and freedom. We are a national non-profit supporting change and changemakers at every level. Americawalks.org
@berkie1.bsky.social
Supporting a new generation of walkable neighborhoods with housing abundance, active public realms, & thriving small business ecosystems. Founder remainplaces.com
@andrew-pask.bsky.social
Urban Planner, City of Vancouver | Adjunct Prof UBC SALA | Placemaking & Public Space Advocacy via @vpsn and @placemaking-canada | Situated on xʷməθkʷəy̓, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw & səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territory (aka Vancouver).
@shumakerjeffrey.bsky.social
@rozinabxl.bsky.social
Design Strategist | Social Entrepreneur | Inclusive-diverse-sustainable-feminist-equitable-communities-cities-places-public space
@regenhes.bsky.social
Regenerative and placemaking enabler, curious tragic always asking why not?
@urbanboost.bsky.social
Urban Innovator & Placemaker @ urbanboost.nl | Impactmaker @ politiekvandeaandacht.nl | Boardmember @ cascoland.com & @ brugwachtershuisjes.nl
@placemakingbalkans.bsky.social
Think tank for creating better public spaces in cities across SEE. Based in Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Belgrade 🇷🇸. #placemakingbalkans
@ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
We bring community-powered public spaces to life through #placemaking, social impact partnerships, events, & training. www.pps.org
@remmid.bsky.social
dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. urban studies + transition design｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜perpetual adaption／resilience
@johnsurico.bsky.social
Cities and their discontents. Prof-alum at NYU Journalism. Climate guy at Center for an Urban Future. Working on a book with Street Plans. Chair of 31st Ave Open Street Collective. Author of a monthly newsletter called Streetbeat. Allora.
@bridgetannmac.bsky.social
Bridget MacIntosh • Cultural Strategist • @PlacemakingX Advocate @massculture_ Research @NextCityOrg Vanguard @IETM Global Connector • place • events • theatre • design • culture • policy https://bridgetmacintosh.com/
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people. Learn more: cnu.org CNU 33 registration: https://bit.ly/41v76Br
@streetfilms.bsky.social
Prolific Streets Documentarian since late 1990s. All good things: biking, walking, transit, trains, open streets, green infra, etc. Check out some of the latest films at: www.streetfilms.org or go to: https://www.youtube.com/@StreetfilmsCommunity
@jeffspeck.bsky.social
Urban Planner, Partner in Speck Dempsey, author of Walkable City, Walkable City Rules, and other stuff I'd like you to read.
@carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
Professor IAE-Paris1 Sorbonne French Academy of Technologies Happy Proximities pionneer 15-Minute City concept creator 15 books in 11 languages MultiAwarded 🏅🏆 Sigma Xi Scientific research honor society Fellow Since 1 July 2024 ❌X/Twitter Fr En Es It
@charlesincities.bsky.social
Author, Happy City. Founder, Happy Cities. But speaking only here for myself! Design + social trust. 🧠🏙️🌈🏔️
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Highlighting what makes #publicspaces thrive. Sister program of @PlacemakingX.bsky.social. By Fred Kent & Kathy Madden, founders & 40+ year leaders of @PPSPlacemaking.bsky.social. www.SocialLifeProject.org
@aarongreiner.bsky.social
Creating public spaces at CultureHouse Creating queer spaces at fruitstand Olin College alum | 🏳️🌈 🚲 🚊 🚌 📍 Somerville, MA
@jimrockaway.bsky.social
Community activist fighting for safer streets, better subway, buses & bike share, LGBTQ+ rights, decrim, medicare for all, & more. Co-founder of 34 Ave Open Streets Coalition. 🚉🚏🚲 🏳️🌈⛴️ #OpenStreets #buslanes #bikelanes #citiesforpeople
@kaidindc.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer and longtime advocate of sustainable cities, towns, and rural areas. Author, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think About Greener, Healthier Cities. Widely diverging interests, resident of Washington, DC. For more, see peoplehabitat.com.
@nourhanbassam.bsky.social
Defender of Women’s Bodies & Rights in Cities | Feminist Urbanist | Professor of Feminist Geography | Author & Director The Gendered City | Feminist Placemaking.
@tjhfx.bsky.social
Urban Design | Placemaking | Photography Senior Urban Designer, Evergreen Canada
@gerbenhelleman.bsky.social
Posts about the connections between the Planned and the Lived City #playfriendlycities #childfriendlycities #publicspace #cities #outdoorplay #play #childhood #geographer #playspaces #childrensgeographies #urbanism #urbanplanning #citylife #citiesforpeople
@knightengale.bsky.social
People over cars. Sweet over savory. Dogs over everything.
@lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault