Supporting #publicspace & #placemaking leadership, networks, advocacy & impact globally. Executive Director @PlacemakingX. Formerly SVP @PPS_Placemaking.
Brooklyn, New York
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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"...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, and social, and human scaled, & organic, the better."
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"We should look holistically at the interconnections between the whole busking ecosystem and #publicspace, and the opportunities that allow for the creation of a busking ecosystem." @ebkent
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#StreetPerformers #Busking
Supporting busking will draw out the soul of a city, and celebrate the creativity and culture of the local community.
My conversation with @buskingproject:
"We should look holistically at the interconnections between the whole busking ecosystem and #publicspace, and the opportunities that allow for the creation of a busking ecosystem." @ebkent
busk.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-bu…
#StreetPerformers #Busking
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We also have a playlist of 110 educational #placemaking videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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A Playlist of Placemaking Podcasts: open.spotify.com/playlist/3q…
@ebkent @StrongTowns @MemoBernal @Charlotschans
Some highlight pics from a beautiful post #PlacemakingWeekEurope tour of Gdansk, including a bike tour to Sopot and Gdynia. Fun to tour with @tjhfx Maguire of @place_canada. #PlacemakingPoland #PlacemakingEurope
Grateful for recommendations and connections from the Placemaking Poland, @placemaking_eu and @PlacemakingX networks.
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Discussion of how the placemaking movement is evovling to #PlaceLedDevelopment, and ulitmately towards a Place movement:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Cv… @ebkent
Privatization of public spaces through planting & #landscapearchitecture is unfortunately a threat to growing public use & investment.
To drive more demand for greening, human use, maintenance & management of the public realm we need to keep optimizing its use for human outcomes.
Plants vs. Place: Leveraging Landscaping for Better Public Spaces
From Plantings That Privatize to Landscaping That Supports Public Life
sociallifeproject.org/plants… By @Fred_Kent, @DrTPanova & Ben Hudnut
#LandArch #Placemaking #UrbanDesign #GreenInfrastructure
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The recent pedestrianization of many key streets in Warsaw is the latest case of Poland's effective model of drive inclusive development through investment in #PublicSpace.
Leading the transformation of #cities with #Placemaking can quickly change how a city is experienced!
Highlights 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
Highlights 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
The recent pedestrianization of many key streets in Warsaw is the latest case of this effective model of investments in #PublicSpace to drive inclusive development, that changes how the city is seen locally and globally. Many cities can learn from Warsaw!
Thank you @urbanmarz and @DhanyaRajagopa1 of #PlacemakingPoland for generously touring me and
@tjhfx of @place_canada. And amazing to bump into Lu Alicia Lin, thanks to her Placemaking Europe tote bag!
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How Busking Fits Into the Placemaking Movement
An interview with @EBKent, Executive Director of PlacemakingX by @buskingproject busk.beehiiv.com/p/how-buski…
"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."
How Busking Fits Into the Placemaking Movement
An interview with @EBKent, Executive Director of PlacemakingX by @buskingproject busk.beehiiv.com/p/how-buski…
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Highlights from 700 #placemakers gathering from 40 countries for the 1st #PlacemakingWeekEurope in Poland.
Thanks #PlacemakingPoland and #PlacemakingEurope for masterfully hosting.
Poland 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! @placemaking_eu
On my way to #PlacemaingWeekEurope for the annual festival of learning, advocacy and action, led by the amazing @placemaking_eu team.
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Celebrating the launch of Place and Placemaking (Routledge, 2026) in NYC at the AIA NY @centerforarch, Sept. 17th, 6pm-7:30: calendar.aiany.org/2026/09/1…
