Supporting #publicspace & #placemaking leadership, networks, advocacy & impact globally. Executive Director @PlacemakingX. Formerly SVP @PPS_Placemaking.
Joined June 2009
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Reconnecting People Through Places
Placemaking With Local, and Global, Networks
An exciting evolution for the global placemaking movement and @PlacemakingX: linkedin.com/pulse/reconnect…
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Jun 13
If you're looking for the next big IPO after SpaceX, I offer 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.
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Jun 13
April 1st, 2022 we launched PlaceX to help draw certain investment to space, and leave Earth for the rest of us to save through investing in place: placemakingx.org/article/spa… @PlacemakingX
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Jun 11
Time to grow the placemaking movement through more systemic, regenerative approaches.
Thrilled to be participating in this Summit with Tony Cho & so many luminaries like Carlos Moreno, Majora Carter, Dr Dominique Hes, Bill Reed, Dan Buettner.
#RegenerativePlacemaking @FOCities
Jun 10
#RegenerativePlacemaking & #PlaceLedDevelopment are growing focuses around the #Placemaking movement.
Our @ebkent will discuss this with @TonyChoMrMagic of @FOCities at the upcoming Generation Regeneration Online Global Summit, July 11 — as part of a free, 3-day virtual gathering
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Jun 5
Break the rules and see what happens. Paris waterfront vs. Brooklyn waterfront.
sociallifeproject.org/how-pa…
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Let's Drive Walkable Urbanism with Placemaking!
The free webinar from @UrbanLandInst & @americawalks, hosted by @mayormcginn &@RachelMacCleery, with talks by @ccoletta & our @ebkent, is available!
More Than A Sidewalk: How Great Places Encourage Walking youtube.com/watch?v=frIzLCvb…
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Jun 4
Let’s make outdoor dining year-round!!!
.@BKBPReynoso helped save 100,000 hospitality jobs when he created outdoor dining during Covid. Mayor Adams ruined the program. Now it’s time to bring it back – better than ever.
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Jun 3
Latest article, with @conradkickert:
The Tragedy and Triumph of Place: Building from the Global Movement for #PublicSpace and #Placemaking
Open access link to free downloadable PDF or ebook: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/o… @RudyBrunerAward
May 18
New book: Place and Placemaking
Public launch during #PlacemakingWeek in Detroit on Tuesday, June 23 at 5.30pm. Our @ebkent, who features among more than a dozen thought leaders who have contributed, will speak w/ editors @conradkickert & Robert Shibley: eventbrite.com/e/book-launch…
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Podcast with @Ideal_Spaces_ and our Ethan Kent on where the #Placemaking movement is at, and where it is going next: idealspaces.org/podcasts/com…
@placemaking_eu #PlacemakingEurope #PlacemakingGermany
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May 29
“20 mph is plenty for anything on New York City neighborhood streets, and certainly in our bike lanes. The data is clear: anything faster than 20 mph is especially deadly. 20 is plenty — no matter who you are or how you’re traveling. Speed kills.”
May 28
An awful tragedy on the Queensboro Bridge - a cyclist collided with a person riding an illegal high-speed scooter.
Our statement: “Devices like this have no place in our bike lanes.”
transalt.org/press-releases/…
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May 27
The greatly-expanded second edition of Street Design is now in the warehouse. This is your last chance to get 20% off before it ships!
Guest Contributors:
@CarlosMorenoFr, Foreword
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Afterword
Prince Charles, Foreword
@Kaid_in_DC Benfield
David Brussat
Javier Cenicacelaya
Hank Dittmar
@andres_duany Duany
@DouglasDuany Duany
@emdesignz Glavey
Chip Kaufman
@ebkent Kent
Marieanne Khoury-Vogt
Léon Krier
Ian Lockwood
Gianni Longo
Thomas Low
Laura Lyon
@clmarohn Marohn
Paul Murrain
John Norquist
Stefanos Polyzoides
Yodan Rofé
María Sánchez
@boys_nicholas Smith
@JeffSpeckFAICP
@tglgrl Tagliaventi
Erik Vogt
Claire Weisz
Robin B. Williams
@witoldr Rybczynski
street.design/buy
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May 21
RT @PlacemakingX: @ebkent @conradkickert @PPS_Placemaking @placemakingus @RudyBrunerAward @sociallifeproj @WayneStateDUSP Place and Placema…
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RT @PlacemakingX: New book: Place and Placemaking
Public launch during #PlacemakingWeek in Detroit on Tuesday, June 23 at 5.30pm. Our @ebk…
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May 15
It’s the sidewalks, stupid.
Sidewalks are the least understood, most overlooked public space.
No discipline claims it, so it’s up to us normal human beings to make sure this central public space becomes recognized as a top priority for every community.
sociallifeproject.org/its-th…
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May 13
Exploring the role of place activation in creative urban renewal with global placemaking expert, Ethan Kent
fbideas.org/news/exploring-t… @unsungsongs @ebkent
#PlacemakingVic #PlacemakingMelbourne #PlacemakingAus
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May 11
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.
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Australia’s first #RegenerativePlacemaking Masterclass, led by Village Well and PlacemakingX, kicked off in Brisbane.
#PlacemakingBrisbane
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Apr 22
Join us at our #RegenerativePlacemaking Masterclass, kicking off Tuesday in Brisbane, before going to Sydney, Melbourne, and now with Perth recently added!
@PlaceLeaders @MainstreetAus #PlacemakingAus #Placemaking
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In 1970 our @Fred_Kent organized the first #EarthDay in NYC, and has since devoted his life to supporting #publicspaces and #cities that heal our fundamental crises of disconnection between people, places and our planet: sociallifeproject.org/how-pl…
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Apr 20
WEBINAR TOMORROW: Join More Than A Sidewalk – How Great Places Encourage Walking, hosted by @UrbanLandInst America Walks, to explore strategies that transform streets into dynamic places. #ActivePeople
🗓️ April 21
⏰️ 2 pm ET / 11 am PT
Register: buff.ly/rEI7S07
ALT people walking on a sidewalk
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