Street Lab Inc

Developing new public space in NYC: We worked with 30 local groups to develop new public spaces in the form of School Streets Play Streets and more across New York providing groups with planning technical and other assistance to be able to launch and operate these new kinds of public spaces and put them on a path to sustainability and success. Of these we helped make 21 of these operational and active during the year and five then received permanent upgrades funded and implemented by the City including a street mural new parking regulations and permanent seating areas. All were in areas where public safety and a lack of open space have been longstanding challenges.

Design and fabrication: We designed and fabricated two new pop-ups for the street that we quickly put into circulation-our OASIS and IMAGINE pop-ups. We also made improvements to existing pop-ups designs and fabricated additional kits to be able to loan more out for longer periods and have more in circulation. Lastly we designed and or fabricated and sold nine kits to other nonprofit organizations and government agencies to facilitate the activation of public space in NYC and around the world as follows: Center for Justice Innovation NY; Hanover NH; Lake Central School Corp IN; Santa Fe Springs CA; Marin County CA; Sonoma CA; Equity Design NY for NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene; Qatar National Library Qatar; DOMANSA Korea.