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Unlocking the potential of NYC's public spaces
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| Spring 2024: Latest dispatches from the public realm |
| 'New York: City Designed' Builds New Paths to Urban Planning Careers |
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We're partnering with The Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York to grow the pipeline of students with underrepresented backgrounds in the planning, design, and preservation fields.
New York: City Designed will provide current Macaulay sophomore and junior students across CUNY campuses and majors with paid internships, in-depth site visits, and experiential learning and workshops supported by city agencies, non-profits, and private-sector design and architecture firms, including the New York City Mayor’s Office, New York City Department of Planning, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, WXY Studio, Grand Central Partnership, and more! > Learn more. |
| Photo: Restorative City Youth Panel with Macaulay Honors College Dean Dara N. Byrne, PhD |
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| Announcing our Green Space Connections fellows |
| Creating a Toolkit for NYCHA Public Space |
| Green Space Connections is creating community-designed open space at four NYCHA public housing developments with and for 14,000 residents in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
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We are thrilled to announce two new Project Fellows joining our Green Space Connections team with the Public Housing Community Fund and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to produce a resource guide for improving open space in NYCHA communities.
Welcome Policy & Planning Fellow Nicole Vlado Torres, AIA, NOMA and Communications & Design Fellow Blake Roberts to the team!
> Meet Nicole & Blake, and learn more about the project. |
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| Outdoor Dining portal opens for NYC restaurants |
| Dining Out NYC Unveils a New Look |
ICYMI: Watch us on NY1’s The Rush Hour to weigh in on how “New York is Talking” about outdoor dining here.
Photo: SITU, WXY Studio, and city agencies worked together to design and fabricate prototypes for the new standardized program set-ups, now in practice at four restaurants: Sunday to Sunday, Bodrum, Warique and Dawa’s. |
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“Dining Out NYC is the culmination of design experts, small business owners, and everyday New Yorkers weighing in to create a safe and sustainable outdoor dining program.” said DT Executive Director Matthew Clarke.
“This program demonstrates a new era of prioritizing our streets and sidewalks for a better public experience. We are thrilled to see our Alfresco NYC recommendations, including a simplified portal for design guidelines and permitting requirements, be put into action. We hope the city will continue to create more user-friendly systems like this across the public realm.” > Explore the portal and design guidelines. |
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| Growing our Communications and development team |
| Welcome Lucy Gagne to Design Trust! |
| Photo courtesy of Lucy Gagne. |
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Lucy Gagne joins our staff as Communications and Events Intern, raising awareness of and capacity for our programs, events, and public space policy recommendations!
Currently in her last undergraduate semester at New York University studying Behavioral Design, Lucy is passionate about the role of urban design in optimizing spatial equity, community integration, and sustainability. > Get to know our people. |
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About the Design Trust
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The Design Trust for Public Space is a non-profit organization that unlocks the potential of New York’s public spaces. Our unique model catalyzes design ideas into action for a more just and equitable city. Founded in 1995 by Andrea Woodner on the tenet that New York City’s cultural and democratic life depends on viable public space, today, the Design Trust is a nationally recognized incubator and thought leader that transforms New York City’s shared civic spaces— streets, plazas, parks, public buildings, transportation, and housing developments — to elevate the role of public space as a driver of long-term equity and social justice globally. Visit our website to learn more.
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