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.

Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s youth programs teach environmental stewardship and community building while making the neighborhood’s streets more livable, one block at a time.

Our inaugural Building Blocks workshop asked Morningside Heights residents to share their vision for a better block. The next step in the process is help them realize that vision.

Open Plans report “Parking Minimums are Parking Mandates: Lifting Parking Mandates in New York City” explores what parking minimums are, how they’re harmful, and how to move forward — making the case to fully eliminate New York City’s parking mandates, citywide, in the upcoming City of Yes Zoning Text Amendment.

In Queens, Thomas Edison High School is a perfect candidate for a school street, the powerful program that keeps NYC students safe and unlocks a world of potential. But to get one, Thomas Edison must engage in a daunting application process to the DOT. Open Plans is trying to help.

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.

New York-based artist Timur’s Viral Love art project began as a pandemic response to career change and isolation. It became an enriching experience that fostered new connection, opportunities, and liberation in public space.

Mayor Adams has the opportunity to center livability, people and placemaking in his upcoming State of the City address. Here’s what we want to hear.

If New York State is to become a leader in forward-thinking policy, these are the points that will be crucial for Governor Hochul to commit to in her 2023 State of the State address.

Open Plans’ 2023 Legislative Agenda focuses on four interconnected policy areas to build a bold roadmap for a more livable future in New York City.

The Making New York Work for Everyone report, released December 2022, centers people and placemaking in its forty commitments aimed at driving economic recovery and growth. It’s a big win for our advocacy work at Open Plans.

The campaign to pedestrianize a one-block stretch of 4th Street in Park Slope centers children’s experience of their neighborhood and takes cues from popular street uses overseas.

The Open Plans team gives thanks for the safer streets, legislative wins, new friends and colleagues, and better designed corridors we won this year.

New York State has passed a Complete Streets bill that would give municipalities the resources to build safer, more accessible and more equitable streets - but it has stalled on the Governor’s desk.