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.
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Street Lab back on the street
This week, Street Lab launched its 2024 outdoor season on a new Open Street on Thatford Ave in Brownsville, Brooklyn, which is part of our New Public Space initiative. We were hosted by our longtime partner Brownsville Community Justice Center. Thatford Ave is already...
Every Street Lab pop-up is by request from community groups
Street Lab does pop-up in NYC—each one by request from community groups who want to make their neighborhood better. Since 2011 we’ve worked with 296 local organizations to create 1,962 pop-ups. Haven’t worked with us yet? Get in touch!Look back at Street Lab...
We make kits for other cities
Our designs are made for the streets of NYC—444 pop ups last year alone. And whatever passes that test, we fabricate for other cities as well. Get in touch and bring something new to your streets. Learn more here. Look back at Street Lab fabrication...
We’re hiring!
We’re looking for enthusiastic New Yorkers who are ready to help write Street Lab’s next chapter. First up, we’re hiring for Program Manager, Program Staff, and Development Lead, with more opportunities coming in the weeks ahead. If you’ve been inspired by Street...
A generous donation to Street Lab, in memory of Helen and Michael Shields
The support of individual donors goes directly to Street Lab’s work in low-income and underserved neighborhoods across NYC, which now represents over 81% of our work overall. Simply put: individuals let us do our best work where it is needed most. Below is the...
School Streets in 2024: a year-end letter from Street Lab’s co-founders asking for your support
Dear friends and followers, We’re writing to ask for your support as we commit ourselves to activating the streets of New York City in 2024, using pop-up to bring people together and offer positive, new ideas for NYC neighborhoods. In 2023 we completed 431 pop-ups in...