As both an overarching idea and a hands-on approach for improving a neighborhood, city, or region, placemaking inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces as the heart of every community.

Project for Public Spaces' Placemaking Speaker Series is a monthly talk that connects people to ideas, resources, expertise, and partners who see place as the key to addressing our greatest challenges. We hope you will join us for learning and conversation at our offices on selected dates from 6:00PM to 7:00PM (ET).

Please see the list below for confirmed dates and speakers. Then, click the red "Select a Date" button at the top of the page to register for a specific event.

CANCELLED: March 19, 2020 — Creating a Framework for Public Space Management in New York City

Please Note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event has been postponed until further notice. If you have already registered, you will receive a reimbursement via email.

Join us as we welcome Mark Gorton, entrepreneur and business leader (founder of file sharing program LimeWire) and advocate for livable streets, alternative transportation and open government. Public Space Management is a necessary government function; however, in New York City, public space management is mostly practiced by BIDs leaving 98% of the city with no public space management capabilities. This talk presents a series of policy and organizational proposals to add a public space management capacity to the New York City government. With a core of professional public space managers and a policy framework to empower the citizens of New York to develop their streets as public spaces, New York City has the opportunity to bring to life thousands of streets around the city.