A Party for Public Spaces has entered the Presidential race in America. In announcing this initiative, the CEO PPS Fred Kent said that he could no longer stand the ceaseless consatruction of faceless skyscrapers in his neighbourhood of midtown Manhattan in New York. More than be found on the PPS web site (pps.org)

Placemaking as learning is a theme being brought to the Showcase presentations at the PASCAL Glasgow conference in June with a Showcase presentation on the Scottish city of Abroath. Placemaking is an important theme in learning city development.