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This Week's Highlights:
September 11 - 17, 2017
- Showing how cities have been humanity’s greatest source of innovation as long as people have settled in them, a new Sidewalk Labs series explores 15 innovations that have shaped the history of urban life. The lesson? The impacts of advances in urban technology, design, and policy across history are vastly unpredictable, and usually the result of public- and private-sector collaboration. But what history has taught us for sure is that “when cities provide the capabilities for innovation to take hold, people take it from there."
- As we prepare for Placemaking Week 2017 in Amsterdam, a look at how the Dutch capital is experimenting with the present and future of transport through targeted interventions, innovative designs, campaigns, tech, management, and planning efforts. Come experience this culture of experimentation yourself this October—there’s still time to register for the conference, and we’ve extended the deadline so there’s one more week to lock in the regular rate!
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More Placemaking Stories & Ideas
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Events and Opportunities
- Call for Proposals: CNU 26.Savannah Congress Program (Deadline: Sept 25, 2017)
- Event: EcoMobility World Festival and EcoMobility Congress 2017 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Festival, Oct 1-30; Congress, October 2-4, 2017)
- Conference: Place Invaders - Kitchen Table Conference in Adelaide, AUS (Oct 6, 2017)
- Conference: "Black in Design: Designing Resistance, Building Coalitions," Harvard Graduate School of Design (Cambridge, MA, October 6-8, 2017)
- Conference: Placemaking Week 2017 in Amsterdam (October 11-14, 2017)
- Conference: World Urban Parks European Congress 2017 (Wirral, UK, October 16-19, 2017)
- Training: How to Create Successful Markets at PPS Office in NYC (October 27, 2017)
- Conference: Placemaking LatinoAmérica (November 6-9, 2017)
Instagram of the Week
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 Bassin de la Villette, Paris
"One of the best things about water is the look and feel of it...It's not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it." (William Holly Whyte) Be sure to check out Fred Kent's Instagram shots at pps_placemaking. |
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| Have something to share? Please send your placemaking stories, news, job openings, grants, awards, calls for proposals, and events to [email protected] today. We'll be sure to give you a tip of the hat. |
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