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Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is the central hub of the global Placemaking movement, connecting people to ideas, expertise, and partners who share a passion for creating vital places.

From Inadequate to Extraordinary Places / View All

Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots

Mar 3, 2015
Placemaking and Place-Led Development: A New Paradigm for Cities of the Future

Feb 20, 2015
Ten Strategies for Transforming Cities and Public Spaces through Placemaking

Apr 30, 2014
Market Cities: Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

Mar 20, 2014
Streets as Places: How Transportation Can Create a Sense of Community

Mar 19, 2014
Places in the Making: MIT Report Highlights the “Virtuous Cycle of Placemaking”

Oct 23, 2013
Toward Place Governance: What If We Reinvented Civic Infrastructure Around Placemaking?

Sep 5, 2013
Place Capital: Reconnecting Economy with Community

Oct 28, 2012

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Our Programs

Our partner to advance Placemaking in the global south.

A forum on the future of our cities. A collaboration between UN Habitat, Ax:son Johnson Foundation and us.

A program for rural communities to convert their own good ideas into reality.

Our partner in supporting and activating public spaces in the heart of American cities through the Heart of the Community program.

A program to advocate for bicycle-friendly and walkable communities.

A clearinghouse for Context Senstive Solutions resources funded by FHWA.