@natestorring.bsky.social
City observer, movie lover, errant Canadian. ⛲️ Co-Executive Director, @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social 📖 Co-Editor, brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal 🎧 Co-Host, @simpsonsfilmpod.bsky.social 🏡 Resident, Lambertville, NJ
I definitely need to catch up with more of these! I loved K Pop, but many of these seemed exciting to me this year.
Wait, we're still doing this dance?
*sighs*
Public space infrastructure feels like it's always first on the chopping block.
Black Public Joy is on shelves in large and local bookstores across Canada & the U.S. Through practice stories across many cities & research, I assert that Black public joy, and public joy of all kinds is civic, cultural & spatial infrastructure. DM for book talk & public joy mapping engagements.
Nice. I do love the Hellboy movies. I know I'm in the minority, but I think Pan's Labyrinth is a little overrated. Wish I saw Pacific Rim in theaters! I think I watched it on a plane, which didn't do it justice.
What's your favorite GDT movie? As I said on the podcast, I'm not a huge fan, but I'm curious if the right movie could change my feelings.
Drawing on real-world examples, @natestorring.bsky.social sits down with Sara Ivry for @jstordaily.bsky.social to discuss how fostering belonging and strengthening communities are more important than ever. 🔗 daily.jstor.org/the-power-of...
The Power of Placemaking
"...#placemaking, [is] a community-based process of experimentation, visioning, and care to change the way people use and experience public space." @natestorring.bsky.social @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social
daily.jstor.org/the-power-of...
Unfortunately, we decided to focus our efforts elsewhere (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads), since we were getting much less engagement here, and have limited time to put toward it. Hopefully, you're also on one of those platforms!
The more you know! 💫 I recently learned that trick or treating started in Canada as a way to deter the same type of behavior on Halloween itself.
This is great. Public transit is public space and public space should be more playful.
Yesterday we lost our beloved co-founder Kathy Madden. She remains the inspiration for this work, that we commit to continuing!
Please read here about her and her life’s work:
www.sociallifeproject.org/kathleen-a-m...
📣 The 5th International #PlacemakingWeek Call for Proposals is now OPEN! In June 2026, hundreds of placemakers from around the world will gather in 📍Detroit, MI, USA, and we need your voice to be part of the conversation! ✍🏽 Submit your proposal by November 20: www.placemakingweek.org
Occidental Ave at the stadiums is getting a makeover ahead of the World Cup. Plans for tactical urbanism have advanced as the first "People Streets and Public Spaces" project funded by the new transportation levy, but have mostly taken shape behind closed doors.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/10/23/s...
Love to see it! Curbside sanitation arrives in Fort Greene outside our kids’ school.
You can judge any city by the quality and vitality of its places for public life. Here in Torino Italy it’s the many piazzas, the pedestrian streets, & the public market. Many cities had to claim these places back from cars.
Don’t have those kinds of places in your city? Are you sure you’re a city?
A great recommendation for my Western-skeptic cohost @adamschoales.bsky.social. I’m also eager to get him to watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Join experts JoAnne Sabir & Dr. Stacia Thompson of the Sherman Phoenix Marketplace for a powerful mini-course on transforming communities through entrepreneurship, placemaking & equitable redevelopment. 🔗 Learn more: www.pps.org/events/growi...
How do you turn a passion for public space into a career? Join us 10/23, 12pm ET, for a webinar w/placemaking leaders as they share their journeys and visions for the future. 🔗 Register today: www.pps.org/events/made-...
📽️ 🍿 October 1st Screening: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Please join us for a Special Screening of #WilliamHWhyte's newly restored film–The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces–with the Founders of @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social & The Social Life Project:
www.sociallifeproject.org/the-social-l...
📣 Announcing: the 5th Int'l #PlacemakingWeek is heading to #Detroit, Michigan, USA, June 24–26, 2026! 🎉Co-hosted by
Downtown Detroit Partnership, this global gathering celebrates #publicspaces, creativity, & community. 🔗 Learn more: placemakingweek.org
#Placemaking #DowntownDet #DowntownDetroit
📻 Today, our Co-Executive Director @natestorring.bsky.social WAMU 885 @npr.org's 1A to talk about how the lack of welcoming public spaces impacts loneliness among youth and the importance of designing spaces for youth, with youth. 🔊 the1a.org/segments/how...
In 1969, Sesame Street reflected Jane Jacobs's recipe for the "ballet of the good city sidewalk" at a time when this idea was still pretty radical. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
Every aspiring US mayor should take note: this is the kind of rhetoric that wins elections. You can adjust policy to your place, but the fundamentals are solid everywhere: slow streets, safe school roads, clear bus lanes, and vibrant places for human beings, not just cars.
How can public space strengthen our civic life and civil liberties? On 7/17, I’ll be moderating a panel featuring @rbryoung.bsky.social @aclu.org @ppsplacemaking.bsky.social and @rwjf.bsky.social to explore this important topic. www.pps.org/events/made-...