Will a new Business Improvement District bring stability and support to East Harlem's placekeepers, or does it spell the end of community stewardship and power?

The Untaped: Removing Barriers for Public Space Programming panel convened public servants and cultural organizations who work to put on community events to discuss how NYC can make it easier for New ...

On City of Water Day, dive into events and public space projects designing a more equitable water future for NYC

The Untaped: Removing Barriers for Public Space Programming panel convened public servants and cultural organizations who work to put on community events to discuss how NYC can make it easier for New ...

The Public Housing Community Fund (PHCF) is seeking a qualified Green Space Consultant to support Green Space Connections 3.0, a resident-led initiative transforming open spaces at four NYCHA develo...

Join the Design Trust for Public Space at Culture Lab for an Untaped talk on how NYC can make it easier to host events and programming in our public spaces

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, in partnership with Design Trust, selected three teams to imagine site designs.

Opening the Edge, proposed by artist Jane Greengold in 2014 to Design Trust for Public Space's "Energetic City" open call for public space project ideas, and developed in partnership with NYCHA, was a...

The Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) held a public hearing on their efforts to streamline city operations for infrastructure projects and the public realm.

New publication on neuroinclusive design proposes ways to make public spaces sensory-friendly and welcoming to neurodivergent New Yorkers and families.

Three design teams were selected to develop concepts for reimagining an African Burial Ground in Van Cortlandt Park, advancing a community-driven effort to honor enslaved Africans and reinterpret the ...

Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground at Van Cortlandt Park hosted a special panel conversation, in partnership with Lehman College at CUNY Campus Honors & Scholar Engagement, featuring the t...

Design Trust for Public Space’s 12th open call for ideas aims to transform the five boroughs’ relationship to water through funding and guided project development incubator

"The Mamdani administration has an historic opportunity to shift how we value and manage our shared spaces. Now is the time to launch a public realm agenda for the city that centers events, programmin...

With the new mayor promising to deliver “community safety,” one well-established city program charts a path through new public spaces and long-needed repairs at the city’s most under-resourced NYCHA d...

Thousands of groups put on events in public space every year, but navigating the system system is “a maze,” said one East Harlem organizer.

On a brisk February afternoon, the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance invited visitors to tour Van Cortlandt Park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground, drawing renewed attention to a wooded site marked only …

In honor of Black History Month, a reflection on preserving culture in public space.

This week for our water series, the creator of “Flood Sensor Aunty” explores climate resilience through comedy and public performance

Join Van Cortlandt Park Alliance for a live, virtual conversation with designers Immanuel Oni and Jeremiah Olayinka Ojo exploring the project, Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground in Van Cor...

This week for our water series, City Currents, Leslie Davol shares Street Lab’s pop-up approach to helping New Yorkers cool off in their neighborhood.