Ethan Kent
@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
Executive Director, @placemakingx.bsky.social
https://www.placemakingx.org/people/ethan-kent
Also with @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Formerly with @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
👏😊 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. 😍🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
👏😊 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
@noticiasnodal.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join me tonight at Harvard GSD for a conversation on Public Space and #Placemaking.
@noticiasnodal.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
@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
An inspiring example of connecting #RefugeePlacemaking, #UrbanAgriculture & #PublicMarkets.
#RefugeesWelcome #LocalFood #PlacemakingNYC
October 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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
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
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#TheWarOnCars needs to help get car advertising to stop taking over our best public spaces!
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
@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
Cars are effectively privatizing and protesting the civic and pedestrian use of public space. This should be protested!
#PlacemakingAustria #PlacemakingEurope
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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
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/
www.sociallifeproject.org/tag/squares/
September 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Articles to help us learn how to make great squares from @sociallifeproject.bsky.social:
www.sociallifeproject.org/tag/squares/
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
Piazzetta Capri, Italy
@placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Squares can be small, and still include many layers of purpose and meaning.
Piazzetta Capri, Italy
@placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Piazzetta Capri, Italy
@placemakingx.bsky.social @sociallifeproject.bsky.social
Block parties always bring out the best in Brooklyn.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social @stoopstories.bsky.social
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social @stoopstories.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Block parties always bring out the best in Brooklyn.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social @stoopstories.bsky.social
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social @stoopstories.bsky.social
Loved Kingston, NY’s walkable, dynamic, compact and all-scale #downtown.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
@kingstonny.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
@kingstonny.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Loved Kingston, NY’s walkable, dynamic, compact and all-scale #downtown.
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
@kingstonny.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces
@sociallifeproject.bsky.social
@kingstonny.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces
Rhinebeck, New York was looking charming, drawing many to stroll and socialize. @sociallifeproject.bsky.social #StreetsAsPlaces
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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
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
July 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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
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.
July 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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.
Placemaking and housing affordability have been in each-other’s blind spots, but could together be harnessed to accelerate each-other's viability and impact.
Placemaking for lovability can help achieve livability more affordably, inclusively, and quickly.
Placemaking for lovability can help achieve livability more affordably, inclusively, and quickly.
July 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Placemaking and housing affordability have been in each-other’s blind spots, but could together be harnessed to accelerate each-other's viability and impact.
Placemaking for lovability can help achieve livability more affordably, inclusively, and quickly.
Placemaking for lovability can help achieve livability more affordably, inclusively, and quickly.
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...
@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...
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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...
@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.
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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
The Social Housing Innovation Summit in Bahrain brought together many great leaders to advance this conversation. @placemakingx.bsky.social @amaken.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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
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
April 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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
International Society for Urban Health in Hanover, Germany.
With @penalosag.bsky.social @880cities.bsky.social @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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
International Society for Urban Health in Hanover, Germany.
With @penalosag.bsky.social @880cities.bsky.social @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.social
“Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.pps.org/article/open... @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
#PublicSpace
#PublicSpace
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.pps.org/article/open... @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social
#PublicSpace
#PublicSpace
The most soulless parts of a downtown can be best places to bring life and joy.
#StreetPerformers #Busking
#StreetPerformers #Busking
April 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The most soulless parts of a downtown can be best places to bring life and joy.
#StreetPerformers #Busking
#StreetPerformers #Busking
Joy, expression, and connection in real public spaces are an antidote to the toxic news that dominates our attention.
This is how we were greeted upon arriving in Cape Town and walking to Greenmarket Square.
This is how we were greeted upon arriving in Cape Town and walking to Greenmarket Square.
April 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Joy, expression, and connection in real public spaces are an antidote to the toxic news that dominates our attention.
This is how we were greeted upon arriving in Cape Town and walking to Greenmarket Square.
This is how we were greeted upon arriving in Cape Town and walking to Greenmarket Square.
🌐 Toured Langa Township with Siviwe Mbinda.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🌐 Toured Langa Township with Siviwe Mbinda.
🚲 Joined Marcela Guerrero Casas of @localsouth.bsky.social Local South for a discussion of #CapeTownOpenStreets with Young Urbanists South Africa.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚲 Joined Marcela Guerrero Casas of @localsouth.bsky.social Local South for a discussion of #CapeTownOpenStreets with Young Urbanists South Africa.
Caught up with friend and former @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social board member Vanessa September and her husband, activist and former South African Constitutional Court Justice, Albie Sachs.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Caught up with friend and former @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social board member Vanessa September and her husband, activist and former South African Constitutional Court Justice, Albie Sachs.