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:
Transforming streets for kids, PLAY at 34th Ave Open Street, Queens
We're starting our outdoor season several months early, creating a residency for our PLAY program in support of 34th Avenue Open Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. PLAY offers safe, hands-free play for children on closed-off streets, including a no-touch obstacle...
BUILD returns to Chelsea Market, outdoors!
BUILD brings interactive building stations with playful materials and challenges to the street. And now, New Yorkers of all ages can gather and build together, in all weather, at the heated, curbside dining areas along West 16th St. All while keeping safely apart....
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 creating at the market in 2021.
Bringing the symphony to the street
In the weeks ahead, Street Lab will re-purpose Chelsea Market’s curbside dining areas along West 16th St to offer a series of open-air musical performances by musicians from The Chelsea Symphony. Our goal is to bring music to the street, support local small businesses...
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 letter describing our work in 2020...
Looking ahead to 2021
Dear friends, We hope you are healthy, safe, and finding your way forward as we look to a new year. We’re writing to ask for your support as we commit ourselves to help New York City bounce back in 2021, better than before. Since the day that public space re-opened...