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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 whom have recently come onboard at Street Lab), the bench...
Street Lab increasing fabrication of our pop-up programming kits for other cities
Street Lab just shipped out 18 pallets to six different cities, which means that pop-up reading room kits, drawing studio carts, benches, tables, and more are arriving right now to communities in Los Angeles, Chicago, Sacramento, Georgetown TX, Cass County MO, and Quincy MA.
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 may be as many as five Street Lab pop-ups going on across NYC—each intended...
Street Lab Teens activating streets, supporting small businesses, strengthening NYC neighborhoods
This summer, fifteen New York City public high school students accepted into our Street Lab Teen program are working with Street Lab to enliven Open Streets along small business corridors in four neighborhoods: Elmhurst, Sunset Park, Bed Stuy, and Harlem. Teens are...
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, and well-being of New Yorkers, and this effort is tied to a global environmental...
Apply for our Street Lab Teens 2022 program!
We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Street Lab Teens 2022 program! Working closely with Street Lab staff, fifteen teens will explore the power of creativity to uplift communities by helping to develop and lead our Street Marker...
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Here's a pop-up reading room kit that we made for our friends at Côte Saint-Luc Public Library in Quebec—they're using it to bring reading to places where people gather, like the park. Bravo @csllibrary! If we can help your city do the same, reach out: http://www.streetlab.org/kits
Pop-up can bring New Yorkers together. This weekend, we're doing it in 6 neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx. Thanks partners @AAFederation @sayanyc @NYC_DOT @CrimJusticeNYC @PreventCrimeNY @brooklynchamber @ConEdison @ChelseaMarketNY @ShahanaFromBK
Street Lab is working with @NYC_DOT to support Open Streets in underserved neighborhoods. Mentioned here:
How New York City Lost 63 Miles of Pedestrian-Friendly ‘Open Streets’
The program, which was made permanent last year, gave New Yorkers more public spaces, but is retreating in many ...
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