Let’s reimagine our streets and public spaces together.

Description: Adults and children have fun playing in sprinklers along the waterfront. Greenery and ample sunshine surround the park.
Description: Hundreds of people of all ages enjoy fresh air, sand, and water at the open space of Orchard Beach in the Bronx.
Description: Parkgoers walk through Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan’s Central Park. The nineteenth-century two-level terrace is centered by a large fountain with a bronze statue of an angel. The southern edge of the park’s lake surrounds the terrace, a
Description: Surrounded by tall trees, fresh air, open sky, and space to move, many families and neighbors of all ages enjoy an afternoon on the 34th Avenue Open Streets in Queens. Some walk and bike on the street (normally used by vehicles) and sid
Description: Surrounded by tall trees, fresh air, open sky, and space to move, many families and neighbors of all ages enjoy an afternoon on the 34th Avenue Open Streets in Queens. Some walk and bike on the street (normally used by vehicles) and sid

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Want to know more about the work we’re doing as the Alliance for Public Space Leadership?

Please reach out at publicspace@mas.org

Photo Acknowledgments

  • 34th Ave Open Street | Source: Open Plans

  • Orchard Beach | Source: Flickr, Dan DeLuca

  • Bethesda Terrace | Source: Flickr, John Cunniff

  • Domino Park sprinklers | Source: Flickr, Several seconds

  • People walking on 34th Ave Open Streets | Source: Open Plans, Modifications: Photo Flipped