Visit Street Lab’s warehouse and learn about their pop-up approach to transforming New York City public space with custom-made programs and designs. Meet Street Lab staff, test-drive new Street Lab programs and designs, and connect with other visitors who are passionate about public space and urban design. **_From Urban Omnibus: _**_In 2023, Street Lab began offering their Equipment Library for Public Space with 14 different kits to be used at everything from block parties to building block play to community engagement. Each installation is strictly temporary and highly mobile, designed to make an immediate impact on its urban setting. Every week, a DOT lift-gate truck delivers Street Lab’s custom-designed and -built equipment to dozens of school streets, open streets, plazas, parks, and playgrounds, and brings them back to the Red Hook waterfront warehouse. Urban Omnibus spoke with Street Lab’s co-founder and executive director Leslie Davol and design lead Hannah Berkin-Harper about [the design, logistics, and long-term vision behind their temporary installations](https://urbanomnibus.net/2024/07/design-and-deploy/)._ _See also: Creating new public space at the 34th Avenue Open Street in “[Story of a Street](https://urbanomnibus.net/2022/07/story-of-a-street/),” and supersized (“[Tall Order](https://urbanomnibus.net/2022/04/tall-order/)”) and sustainable (“[Organic Machines](https://urbanomnibus.net/2019/06/organic-machines/)”) curbside infrastructure. _
Visit Street Lab’s warehouse and learn about their pop-up approach to transforming New York City public space with custom-made programs and designs. Meet Street Lab staff, test-drive new Street Lab programs and designs, and connect with other visitors who are passionate about public space and urban design.
From Urban Omnibus: In 2023, Street Lab began offering their Equipment Library for Public Space with 14 different kits to be used at everything from block parties to building block play to community engagement. Each installation is strictly temporary and highly mobile, designed to make an immediate impact on its urban setting. Every week, a DOT lift-gate truck delivers Street Lab’s custom-designed and -built equipment to dozens of school streets, open streets, plazas, parks, and playgrounds, and brings them back to the Red Hook waterfront warehouse. Urban Omnibus spoke with Street Lab’s co-founder and executive director Leslie Davol and design lead Hannah Berkin-Harper about the design, logistics, and long-term vision behind their temporary installations.
See also: Creating new public space at the 34th Avenue Open Street in “Story of a Street,” and supersized (“Tall Order“) and sustainable (“Organic Machines“) curbside infrastructure.
A temporary ramp can be requested in order for visitors to access the Street Lab Office. The warehouse is wheelchair accessible.
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