“The best way to handle the problem of ‘undesirables’ is to make a place attractive to everyone else" #WilliamHWhyte

Social life is down on DC streets.

"The best way to handle the problem of ‘undesirables’ is to make a place attractive to everyone else" #WilliamHWhyte

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Revisiting the newly restored classic film by William H. Whyte
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@anthologyfilm.bsky.social @placemakingx.bsky.social @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social

#Placemaking #PublicSpace #Urbanism #WilliamHWhyte

Sidewalks should support social life!

The point of #cities is more than to be able to move about efficiently, but to be able to connect & exchange.

Let's turn upside down the shaping of cities to start with the social life of #sidewalks!
#Streets #Placemaking #PublicSpace
@placemakingx.bsky.social

More on how to turn transportation planning upside-down with placemaking: www.sociallifeproject.org/streets_as_p...

Let's take streets and sidewalks to the next level of safety, economic activity, and social life!

#DoubleLoadedSidewalks are essential to making great #sidewalks:
www.sociallifeproject.org/double-loade...
By Fred Kent and @drtpanova.bsky.social

#urbanplanning #urbanism #placemaking

A pioneering document for #placemaking - the master plan that our Fred Kent led for #BryantPark in 1980 after founding @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social in 1975 to put William H Whyte’s work into practice:
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@bryantpark.bsky.social #UrbanParks

Our Fred Kent, a founding board member of @transalt.org, meeting the Executive Director, @bfurnas.bsky.social, at the #StreetsForPeople party, thanks to Alison Sant. #NYCStreets

@jonorcutt.bsky.social
@streetfilms.bsky.social
@ethankent.bsky.social

#StreetVendors and #PublicMarkets Can Drive the Future of Thriving and Inclusive #Cities by @ethankent.bsky.social of @placemakingx.bsky.social

#PublicSpaces Need a Full Spectrum of Informal to Formal Retail
www.sociallifeproject.org/street_vendo...

#MarketCities #StreetsAsPlaces #placemaking

Vancouver's Granville Island - The Ultimate Multi-Layered Destination www.sociallifeproject.org/granville-is...

By Fred Kent, Steve Davies, Kathy Madden and @drtpanova.bsky.social

@placemaking-canada.bsky.social
@placemakingx.bsky.social

#WaterfrontPlacemaking #Waterfronts #PlacemakingCanada

How Trees Can Support #Placemaking - Integrating Nature and Public Spaces in Carmel, California www.sociallifeproject.org/how-trees-an...

By Fred Kent, Kathy Madden & @drtpanova.bsky.social

#Trees #LandscapeArchitecture #UrbanDesign #StreetDesign

Should Auld Social Life Be Forgot? 🎶

Team Social Life Project Reflects on Our Favorite Articles of 2024: www.sociallifeproject.org/team-picks-f... Reflections & recommendations by Fred Kent, @kpein.bsky.social, Giselle Sebag, GuillermoBernal, Steve Davies, @ethankent.bsky.social & more
#Placemaking

Joy to our Public Spaces!

Placemaking for Joy Supports People-Powered Places
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Joy to our Public Spaces!

Placemaking for Joy Supports People-Powered Places
www.sociallifeproject.org/placemaking-...

Relevant to #waterfronts everywhere, some inspiring examples to try to support the planning process for a place-led transformation of the industrial waterfront in our Brooklyn neighborhood: www.sociallifeproject.org/discussion-w... By Steve Davies, Kathy Madden, Fred Kent & @ethankent.bsky.social