Brooklyn Is Digging Its Grave with Waterfront Designs That Kill Public Life
Brooklyn and New York City are not delivering the public realm we desperately need.
Steve Davies
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Paris Reborn - How Paris Breaks All the Rules to Be the Best City for People
Paris is an incredible example of a city “getting it right” because of how it breaks all the rules to be the best city for all...
How Bryant Park Catalyzed the Transformation of Midtown Manhattan and Inspired Public Spaces Everywhere
Bryant Park was transformed from a place people avoided to a destination people flocked to through programming and placemaking and is now the gold standard for a great public space.
Kathleen A. Madden (1947-2025)
Kathleen (“Kathy”) A. Madden, a prominent urban public spaces expert and placemaking leader, died on October 20, 2025, at her home in Brooklyn following a brief hospitalization.
October 1st Screening: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Please join us for a Special Screening of William H. (“Holly”) Whyte's newly restored film–The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces–with the Founders of Project for Public Spaces and The Social Life Project.
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Revisiting the newly restored classic film by William H. Whyte