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Jay Pitter

@Jay_Pitter

Award-Winning Placemaker. Author. Speaker. Urban Planning Adjunct Professor. Subdivided Co-Editor. Two Book Deal w/ Penguin Random House Canada.

Toronto, Ontario Katılım Kasım 2012
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Check out my 10 Rules For Better Public Spaces 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; I didn’t include public space healing, which is a significant part of my practice. But I’ve captured several key ideas. Thoughts? Additional ideas? #cities #public #space
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Sahli Negassi, a 17-year-old teen from West Orange, New Jersey scores a perfect 1600 on the SAT. He plans to attend Harvard University and pursue a career in law 🔥
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Good night to everyone but especially to the large number of women who’ve given me literal and metaphorical flowers. 💕
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
This week, I’ll be engaging students, scholars & practitioners at Harvard University. It’s the first of two book talks I’ve been invited to deliver to their campus community. Both are internal engagements, so I don’t have public links to share. Honoured.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
One week since launching Black Public Joy. So much gratitude for the immense support.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
My editor just brought this to my attention—I’m featured in Indigo’s newsletter this month. I especially appreciate the extra descriptive call-out they included for my book. It feels both accurate and expansive, aligned with the book’s vision.
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I’m independently leading the U.S. strategy so any American journalist and editor leads would be super appreciated.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Media kicked off the moment Black Public Joy hit shelves. I did two radio interviews the day of the launch, the next day I did a pre-interview for an amazing television show, and thanks to my Canadian publicist Curtis Samuel, I have several other upcoming interviews/profiles.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
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 info.
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Dr. Jill Andrew, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Jill Andrew, PhD (she/her)@JILLSLASTWORD·
NEW BOOK ALERT😍! Black Public Joy by renowned award-winning urbanist and thought leader @Jay_Pitter is out this week! Please support if you can! Toronto Life calls it an “instruction manual for joy.” The book frames public joy as civic, cultural and spatial infrastructure🙏🏿
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Daniel Fusca
Daniel Fusca@DFusca·
Black Public Joy by @Jay_Pitter is finally out and I’ve got my copy! The book frames public joy as civic, cultural and spatial infrastructure and Toronto Life calls it an “instruction manual for joy.” I can’t wait to dig in & neither should you! penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/672022/b…
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Excited to watch how Mayor Mamdani’s beautiful gesture becomes embedded in policy, infrastructure, and ongoing programming. Maybe I’ll give him a shout :)
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Public joy should be a collective condition deeply entrenched in municipal structures & systems—not a special occasion, festival season programming, or luxury for a few.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
I appreciate @NYCMayor’s simple but powerful gesture of handing out free theater tickets. The idea that New Yorkers, and people in all cities, deserve lives that include joy, art, rest, & expression is aligned with the values of Black Public Joy & my broader public joy framework.
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Jay Pitter@Jay_Pitter·
Finished recording the last chapters of my book this week. Speaking the book aloud taught me a lot: emotional presence over perfection, the sacredness of direct quotes, my Jamaican roots living on the tip of my tongue, and the rare gift of trusting others to hold the process.
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Phil@CivicsPhil·
@Jay_Pitter So happy I didn’t geek out too much! Will keep an eye out for other talks like that. ✌️
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Phil@CivicsPhil·
Just came back from seeing @Jay_Pitter! So good, wish she was on a bit longer. Thanks for speaking! ✌️✌️✌️ #urbanplanning
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Tom Roussey
Tom Roussey@tomroussey7news·
For the first time ever, an Amtrak NextGen Acela train just pulled up to Union Station. It had left Boston at 6 AM this morning, taking roughly 7 hours to make the entire trip.
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