Design Trust for Public Space
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unlocking the potential of NYC's public spaces since 1995
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"Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground at Van Cortlandt Park" has opened a Design Ideas Competition.
Three winners will be granted a $20,000 stipend to create compelling design proposals for a future memorial.
Submit a RFQ by 12/17 www.designtrust.org/projects/rei...
Three winners will be granted a $20,000 stipend to create compelling design proposals for a future memorial.
Submit a RFQ by 12/17 www.designtrust.org/projects/rei...
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Reimagining the Enslaved African Burial Ground at Van Cortlandt Park" has opened a Design Ideas Competition.
Three winners will be granted a $20,000 stipend to create compelling design proposals for a future memorial.
Submit a RFQ by 12/17 www.designtrust.org/projects/rei...
Three winners will be granted a $20,000 stipend to create compelling design proposals for a future memorial.
Submit a RFQ by 12/17 www.designtrust.org/projects/rei...
Lower East Side celebrates a new community space proposed 10 years ago, designed by and for Lillian Wald NYCHA residents: www.designtrust.org/news/lower-e...
Photo: Tameek Williams
Photo: Tameek Williams
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Lower East Side celebrates a new community space proposed 10 years ago, designed by and for Lillian Wald NYCHA residents: www.designtrust.org/news/lower-e...
Photo: Tameek Williams
Photo: Tameek Williams
🌊 Last call to apply for our latest Request for Proposals: Water! Submit your public space project idea to our statement of interest form by 5pm today: forms.gle/oEPmFF9cxFNk...
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌊 Last call to apply for our latest Request for Proposals: Water! Submit your public space project idea to our statement of interest form by 5pm today: forms.gle/oEPmFF9cxFNk...
A NYCHA resident-designed community space proposed in the Lower East Side in 2014 is finally opening for the Lillian Wald Houses 11/12. Join us for a ribbon-cutting: bit.ly/OPENTHEEDGE
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A NYCHA resident-designed community space proposed in the Lower East Side in 2014 is finally opening for the Lillian Wald Houses 11/12. Join us for a ribbon-cutting: bit.ly/OPENTHEEDGE
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Questions about how to apply or if your project is a good fit? Join us for RFP webinar. RSVP for upcoming sessions at www.designtrust.org/rfp/
October 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Questions about how to apply or if your project is a good fit? Join us for RFP webinar. RSVP for upcoming sessions at www.designtrust.org/rfp/
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How can we better design public spaces for neurodivergent New Yorkers? The Neurodiverse City is testing neuroinclusive design elements in downtown Manhattan 🔽
Learn more about the prototype a new vision for accessibility: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
Learn more about the prototype a new vision for accessibility: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How can we better design public spaces for neurodivergent New Yorkers? The Neurodiverse City is testing neuroinclusive design elements in downtown Manhattan 🔽
Learn more about the prototype a new vision for accessibility: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
Learn more about the prototype a new vision for accessibility: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
LOCATION UPDATE! The Neurodiverse City pilot prototype is tomorrow 530pm at Louise Nevelson Plaza
Join us: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
Join us: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
LOCATION UPDATE! The Neurodiverse City pilot prototype is tomorrow 530pm at Louise Nevelson Plaza
Join us: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
Join us: www.designtrust.org/events/neuro...
Join us at the Whitney on 9/24 for a special Climate Week NYC event to launch our next open call for project ideas, Water.
💧RSVP: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
💧RSVP: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Join us at the Whitney on 9/24 for a special Climate Week NYC event to launch our next open call for project ideas, Water.
💧RSVP: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
💧RSVP: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
Join us for a first look at a new neuroinclusive public space prototype in Lower Manhattan:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-neurod...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-neurod...
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Join us for a first look at a new neuroinclusive public space prototype in Lower Manhattan:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-neurod...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-neurod...
Join the Design Trust for Public Space and the Waterfront Alliance for a public space potluck on 8/13 to learn more about local fights to create access to NYC's waterways across the five boroughs and preserve vulnerable coastal habitats: www.designtrust.org/events/publi...
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join the Design Trust for Public Space and the Waterfront Alliance for a public space potluck on 8/13 to learn more about local fights to create access to NYC's waterways across the five boroughs and preserve vulnerable coastal habitats: www.designtrust.org/events/publi...
ICYMI: Our Photo Urbanism Exhibition on waterfront access has been extended to early September. On view at Pier 57: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
July 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ICYMI: Our Photo Urbanism Exhibition on waterfront access has been extended to early September. On view at Pier 57: www.designtrust.org/events/water...
Nathan Kensinger has been documenting climate crisis impacts in New York for over twenty years. During this time, he has come to see the city’s waterways as living threads that tie together people, memory, and infrastructure: www.designtrust.org/news/desire-...
July 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nathan Kensinger has been documenting climate crisis impacts in New York for over twenty years. During this time, he has come to see the city’s waterways as living threads that tie together people, memory, and infrastructure: www.designtrust.org/news/desire-...
July 16th at Pier 57: A Panel on Creating Access to NYC's Waterfronts: www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-crea...
July 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
July 16th at Pier 57: A Panel on Creating Access to NYC's Waterfronts: www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-crea...
Pride Outside! Five ways to explore LGBTQ+ history and culture in New York City’s public spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/pride-o...
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Pride Outside! Five ways to explore LGBTQ+ history and culture in New York City’s public spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/pride-o...
Since the 70s, Ted Berger has been an impactful organizer of support for the NYC arts community—from his leadership at NYFA to his founding role at the Design Trust.
Read our Q&A with Ted on DT's 30th anniversary and connecting the arts in public space: www.designtrust.org/news/ted-ber...
Read our Q&A with Ted on DT's 30th anniversary and connecting the arts in public space: www.designtrust.org/news/ted-ber...
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Since the 70s, Ted Berger has been an impactful organizer of support for the NYC arts community—from his leadership at NYFA to his founding role at the Design Trust.
Read our Q&A with Ted on DT's 30th anniversary and connecting the arts in public space: www.designtrust.org/news/ted-ber...
Read our Q&A with Ted on DT's 30th anniversary and connecting the arts in public space: www.designtrust.org/news/ted-ber...
Meet the 2025 New York: City Designed Cohort at @macaulayhonors.bsky.social:
www.designtrust.org/news/announc...
www.designtrust.org/news/announc...
May 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Meet the 2025 New York: City Designed Cohort at @macaulayhonors.bsky.social:
www.designtrust.org/news/announc...
www.designtrust.org/news/announc...
A new multimedia exhibition at Pier 57 documenting local efforts to expand access to NYC's waterfronts:
www.designtrust.org/events/water...
www.designtrust.org/events/water...
May 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A new multimedia exhibition at Pier 57 documenting local efforts to expand access to NYC's waterfronts:
www.designtrust.org/events/water...
www.designtrust.org/events/water...
Got your tickets yet? The Benefit for Public Space is June 12th: www.designtrust.org/events/benef...
May 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Got your tickets yet? The Benefit for Public Space is June 12th: www.designtrust.org/events/benef...
For Mental Health Awareness Month, a new approach to centering neurodivergent experiences in public space design:
www.designtrust.org/news/rethink...
www.designtrust.org/news/rethink...
May 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For Mental Health Awareness Month, a new approach to centering neurodivergent experiences in public space design:
www.designtrust.org/news/rethink...
www.designtrust.org/news/rethink...
The arts belong to everyone. Our statement on NEA funding cuts and the Design Trust for Public Space's rescinded grant: www.designtrust.org/news/our-sta...
May 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The arts belong to everyone. Our statement on NEA funding cuts and the Design Trust for Public Space's rescinded grant: www.designtrust.org/news/our-sta...
Support public space and celebrate nyc at our annual benefit!
Tickets on sale now: mailchi.mp/designtrust/...
Tickets on sale now: mailchi.mp/designtrust/...
May 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Support public space and celebrate nyc at our annual benefit!
Tickets on sale now: mailchi.mp/designtrust/...
Tickets on sale now: mailchi.mp/designtrust/...
Earth Day, Then & Now: How the first Earth Day turned two of New York’s busiest streets into backdrops for environmental action—and what it means for the reclamation of public space today: www.designtrust.org/news/earth-d...
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Earth Day, Then & Now: How the first Earth Day turned two of New York’s busiest streets into backdrops for environmental action—and what it means for the reclamation of public space today: www.designtrust.org/news/earth-d...
Construction is underway on 'Opening the Edge' at the Lillian Wald Houses, a new community space for residents.
How one fence around an underutilized grassy plot in LES inspired systematic change for NYCHA's open spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/opening...
How one fence around an underutilized grassy plot in LES inspired systematic change for NYCHA's open spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/opening...
April 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Construction is underway on 'Opening the Edge' at the Lillian Wald Houses, a new community space for residents.
How one fence around an underutilized grassy plot in LES inspired systematic change for NYCHA's open spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/opening...
How one fence around an underutilized grassy plot in LES inspired systematic change for NYCHA's open spaces: www.designtrust.org/news/opening...