Mark Gorton speaks at “Pavement Politics: Times Square and the Changing Face of New York’s Streets” 9/19 @ 7pm

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Anthony Denaro

This program will give an overview of the history of public space advocacy in New York City in the context of the recent pedestrian-oriented redesign of Times Square. OpenPlans Founder and Chairman Mark Gorton will join Ethan Kent, Vice President of the Project for Public Spaces, Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture at Columbia University, and Paul Steely White, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives for a lively discussion Read more…

Open & Candid: Naama Lissar

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Anthony Denaro

Naama Lissar spent the summer as a fellow here at OpenPlans analyzing NYC’s Community Boards. Her robust research and in-depth exploration of the CB structure opened the door for a range of possibilites to truly engage the public in issues that affect their neighborhoods and city. She’s now the Community Tools Planner here at OpenPlans. Read more…

Iconathon links

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Frank Hebbert

All the links from Frank’s Iconathon slides today. Civic Works OpenPlans Transportation Our open source projects Uncivil Servants Bus Time Fix City TransportationCamp OpenTripPlanner Hack with the Mobility Lab Stay in touch!

OpenBlock, your hyperlocal news engine

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Anthony Denaro

OpenBlock is OpenPlans’ hyper-local news and data platform. How local? Hyper local, crazy local! Loco local! Your zip code, your neighborhood, your block… Just hitting version 1.0, OpenBlock dries out the crime blotter, stops new pushpins on the wall map, and takes away your village gossip’s exclusive on new stories. OpenBlock allows news and events to be Read more…

OpenGeo at FOSS4G 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Anthony Denaro

We’ve done it again! Five of the OpenGeo workshops at FOSS4G have sold out. This response has us even more excited for this year’s conference. If you want to learn more about any of the following events, reach out to us or come by booth 12 at FOSS4G to chat. Introduction to PostGIS, Paul Ramsey and Sam Read more…