Tape becomes a tool for community building, creativity, and outside-the-box thinking in artist Kuki Go’s life-size street murals.

An organizer of the brand new Troutman Open Street in Bushwick talks about his vision for bringing the peace and calm of wide open spaces to dense communities in New York.

Watch these behind-the-scenes videos of public space transformations in New York City by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. of Streetfilms. Eckerson has filmed many of the recent winners of Open Plans’ Public Space Awards.

Streetfilms’ intrepid video chronicler Clarence Eckerson, Jr. takes you through five of his most-loved videos of all time in this first installment of a new monthly blog series.