After a bustling, month-long residency at Chelsea Market, our WRITE program served a few last patrons before heading out onto the streets for the rest of summer. WRITE is being developed with Therese Cox, a Heyman Center Public Humanities Fellow at Columbia University. Thanks to our host Chelsea Market for hosting DRAW and now WRITE in Chelsea Local. Scroll down to look back at blog posts from our deployments here during 2019.
Look back at more of our deployments at Chelsea Market:
September 11
For many who have been a part of Street Lab over the years—staff, board, partners, friends—September 11 brings difficult memories and emotions to the surface that we now understand will be with us forever. For the two of us (co-founders Leslie and Sam), the events of...
Street Lab Teens 2023
This summer, eleven public high school students participated in Street Lab’s third annual Teens Program, helping to activate Open Streets and other public spaces all across New York City. Over eight weeks, the students joined Street Lab on our pop-up circuit, meeting...
Street Lab returns to Times Square with a series of pop-ups to serve migrant families
Recently-arrived migrant families have received temporary housing near Times Square, and Street Lab has teamed up with Times Square Alliance and NYC Health + Hospitals to reach out to these families and provide an open-air place for them to gather among other New...
Danish delegation visits Street Lab at work in Washington Heights
Last week, a visiting delegation from the Mayor’s Office in Copenhagen, Denmark, joined us on 164th St in Washington Heights to learn about Street Lab—how we use pop-up to support community groups, partner with city agencies, and get new ideas on the streets. Our host...
Watch Leslie on BronxNet TV
Street Lab’s Leslie Davol spoke with Kibin Alleyne on Open Tuesday for BronxNet TV about Street Lab’s work across the city, including the expansion of our partnership with NYC Department of Transportation to help community groups create new Open Streets and public...
Students at PS32 produce a video about Open Streets
Catch a short video about the Open Street on Beaumont Ave that Street Lab is creating with PS 32 in the Bronx, which was filmed and produced by the students at PS 32 in collaboration with The Media Spot, a nonprofit media literacy and training organization.