The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is highlighting 25 great ideas to come out of the movement for their 25th anniversary and in anticipation of the CNU conference in Seattle this upcoming May. Street Plans Principals Mike Lydon and Tony Garcia were interviewed about Tactical Urbanism, one of…
David Gottschalk Last November, Street Plans’ facilitated a Tactical Urbanism Materials Guide Workshop with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, designed to expand Fayetteville’s familiarity and comfort with planning and executing collaborative demonstration, pilot, and interim design projects. The City was the third of six “Beta City” partners that Street Plans…
On January 24th, Street Plans implemented a day-long public space intervention along the waterfront in Downtown West Palm Beach as a part of the winning research team, Happier by Design, of the Van Alen Institute and West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency‘s Shore to Core design and research competition….
The National Association of Realtors highlighted Street Plans recently published Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials & Design, which is free to download here. The article notes that “with the new guide you will find out the nitty, gritty “how-to’s” of how to undertake a tactical urbanism project in your community. Cities, both…
On Friday, January 6th live music, hanging lights, vendors, and most importantly, people, occupied one of the parking medians on Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami from 7pm until midnight. In partnership with the Miami Downtown Development Authority, Moonlighter Makerspace, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces,…
Letter to Mayor de Blasio December 15, 2016 Dear Mayor de Blasio, We truly appreciate your forceful defense of New York City’s most deeply held values. Your call for appropriate public demonstrations to protect our rights and freedoms is the correct response to the encroaching threat that so many…
Street Plans is thrilled to be featured in the first ever issue of Design Museum Magazine. This publication is produced by the Design Museum Foundation, a multi-city “nomadic” museum that creates exhibits and programs focused on educating the world about design. Within the theme of Vibrant Cities, the magazine featured an article…
Overall note: This blog post is one of 6 posts summarizing outcomes of the Beta City Workshop series Street Plans led as part of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design project. To learn more about the Materials Guide, click here. Long Beach, CA Workshop: Long Beach, CA…
Overall note: This blog post is one of 6 posts summarizing outcomes of the Beta City Workshop series Street Plans led as part of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design project. To learn more about the Materials Guide, click here. Washington D.C. Workshop: Street Plans led a…
Before After Final Design Penrith is a regional city on the edge of Metropolitan Sydney, Australia. In 2012, the city commissioned a master plan focused on revitalizing its retail core. Street Plans worked with the Sydney-based consultancy Place Partners to integrate Tactical Urbanism into the master planning…
