Mid-year update—dreams for our streets

Mid-year update—dreams for our streets

Mid-year update—dreams for our streets Dear friends and followers, Here’s a quick update on Street Lab at the halfway mark of 2021. To date, Street Lab has already popped-up a record 95 times on the street, providing reading rooms, play streets, and drawing studios...
Drawing Comparisons—a photo-essay inspired by Helen Levitt

Drawing Comparisons—a photo-essay inspired by Helen Levitt

Drawing Comparisons—a photo-essay inspired by Helen Levitt My favorite place in the Lower East Side is… – the boy eyed the chalk prompt written in the middle of Avenue B, “What about my favorite place to hang out with my friends? Can I write that?” “Sure,” I answered....
New community partnership with Chelsea Market

New community partnership with Chelsea Market

New community partnership with Chelsea Market Since 2019, Street Lab has activated public areas of Chelsea Market with programs that bring the neighborhood together and connect people from all walks of life. Check out a new page that describes what we’re...
Almost there! Donate to Street Lab

Almost there! Donate to Street Lab

Almost there! Donate to Street Lab Dear friends, There’s still time to make a year-end, tax-deductible contribution to Street Lab! Support from individuals provides a third of our budget and lets us answer requests from underserved neighborhoods across NYC. Here’s a...
Quarterly email sent! Catch up on our work, fall 2020.

Quarterly email sent! Catch up on our work, fall 2020.

Quarterly email sent! Catch up on our work, fall 2020. We just clicked send on our quarterly email update, and you can read a copy below. If hearing from us four times a year by email sounds good to you, then sign up anytime! We also share more frequent updates on...
NYC Mayor highlights Street Lab and announces 2020 Play Streets

NYC Mayor highlights Street Lab and announces 2020 Play Streets

NYC Mayor highlights Street Lab and announces 2020 Play Streets Mayor Bill de Blasio highlighted Street Lab’s new no-touch obstacle course and announced the return of Play Streets this summer in a press conference. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office...
Highlights from 2019

Highlights from 2019

Dear Friends, A quick update about what we’ve been working on, and a thought about where we work—public space. In New York City, public space is often a way to get from point A to point B. Sidewalk means: keep walking, there’s someone right behind you...
Designing a communal street table with Open Architecture New York

Designing a communal street table with Open Architecture New York

We need a communal table to support our programming, and we want one that rises above the cheaply-made folding tables out there. And it still needs be portable and lightweight enough to transport by minivan. Open Architecture New York—an organization that engages...
Leslie speaking at NYCxDESIGN Week

Leslie speaking at NYCxDESIGN Week

This Friday in Long Island City, Leslie Davol, Co-founder/Executive Director of Street Lab/Uni Project will be speaking on a lunchtime panel as part of NYCxDESIGN Week. Registration here (free). ← NYC architects and designers: help design a communal table for the...