The Results Are in for Street Plans/Happy City’s Shore to Core Project

On January 24th, Street Plans implemented a day-long public space experiment and intervention along the waterfront in Downtown West Palm Beach. The project was funded by the Van Alen Institute and was conducted in collaboration with the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency‘s Shore to Core Initiative. The experiment was led…

Street Plans Leads One-Day Tactical Urbanism Demonstration in Garden Grove, CA

     On Saturday, April 1st, Street Plans implemented a series of Tactical Urbanism demonstration projects in Garden Grove, CA as a part of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Go Human region-wide safety and encouragement campaign. In partnership with the City of Garden Grove, GG Open Streets,…

Street Plans + Architecture Students Perform Tactical Urbanism in Monterrey

  On March 10th, Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon returned to work in Monterrey, Mexico with architecture students from Tecnológico de Monterrey – Campus Monterrey and the school’s affiliated non-profit organization Distrito TEC. This was his fourth visit to work the students. For one day, they temporarily transformed an underutilized street…

Street Plans Looks to Use Tactical Urbanism in Lower Manhattan

Street Plans and Transportation Alternatives are looking to use Tactical Urbanism demonstration projects this summer with the primary goal of creating much safer, pedestrian-friendly streets in the Financial District. Street Plans and Transportation Alternatives led a public workshop on March 2nd with residents living in the Financial District in Lower…

Street Plans’ Workshop with West Palm Beach Results in Intersection Mural

West Palm Beach, FL is one of six “Beta City” partners that Street Plans is working with as part of the Tactical Urbanist’s Guide to Materials and Design project. Street Plans delivered a workshop designed to expand West Palm Beach’s familiarity and comfort with planning and executing collaborative demonstration, pilot,…

Street Plans + Happy City Build One-Day Public Space Intervention in West Palm Beach, FL

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….

Street Plans Builds First Temporary Pedestrian Promenade in Downtown Miami

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,…