Getting designs onto NYC streets, learning from New Yorkers We’re prototyping a new pop-up street bench for NYC. And the best place to learn how we’re doing is the street, of course. Designed by our longtime partner Hannah Berkin-Harper with Anushritha Sunil (both of...
Making Thai tea together on Woodside Ave—a closer look at a Street Lab pop-up Yesterday Street Lab landed on the Woodside Avenue Open Street in Elmhurst with a pop-up kitchen where passersby learned how to make Thai Tea from a local shop owner. On any given day, there...
Street Lab will land at four Open Streets to support Car-Free Earth Day in NYC This Saturday, April 23, we’ll land on four separate Open Streets across NYC to make a point: we believe that the transformation of urban streets is critical for the health, safety,...
Residency launched in Flushing Meadows Park with Queens Museum We return to Corona to serve on of the hardest hit communities during the pandemic, creating an open-air art studio for families waiting in line for a food pantry hosted by the Queens Museum. The line can...
Residency launched to support Avenue B Open Street, Lower East Side We’re out to support New York City neighborhoods that are hosting newly-created Open Streets, and here’s an example of how we’re doing it. We’ve committed our PLAY and Street...
Three open-air Learning Hubs launching across West Harlem This week Street Lab launches three new Learning Hubs in partnership with HYPOTHEkids to host outdoor afterschool and offer other learning experiences in parks and plazas across West Harlem. Each location will...
Chelsea Symphony on the street—Brass! Today we brought musicians from The Chelsea Symphony to the street once again, this time five members of the brass section, who landed at Chelsea Market’s curbside dining area, transformed into a performance space. These events...
Homework Hubs return to Chelsea! As part of our COVID response, we launched pop-up, open-air meeting places for NYC students called Homework Hubs. Starting next week, we’ll return to the heated, outdoor dining area at Chelsea Market to make a place for learning,...
Chelsea Symphony on the street! Today we launched our effort to bring musicians from The Chelsea Symphony to the street, starting with percussionist Michael Blancaflor, who landed at Chelsea Market’s curbside dining area, transformed into a performance space. And we...
