Program Update

Desire Lines and Daylighting: Exploring waterways with Photo Urbanism Fellow Nathan Kensinger

Dakota Billops-Breaux | July 14, 2025

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.

Community

Summer 2025 in NYC’s Public Spaces

Dakota Billops-Breaux | July 2, 2025

Community

New York City Design Organizations Launch the Public Design Alliance

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | June 26, 2025

Community

Pride Outside!

Dakota Billops-Breaux | June 23, 2025

Program Update

New Photo Exhibition Explores the Fight for Waterfront Access in NYC

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | June 18, 2025

Campaign

The Campaign for Public Space

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | June 16, 2025

General

Public Space News: June 2025

Dakota Billops-Breaux | June 9, 2025

Community

Ted Berger on Connecting NYC Arts with Public Space

Dakota Billops-Breaux | May 30, 2025

Program Update

Announcing the 2025 New York: City Designed Interns

Dakota Billops-Breaux | May 28, 2025

Community

Castle Hill Houses’ Residents Celebrate NYCHA’s First Dog Park

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | May 19, 2025

Community

Our statement on NEA Funding

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | May 8, 2025

Project Update

Rethinking Accessibility: Neurodiverse City Report

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | May 1, 2025

Community

Earth Day, Then and Now

Dakota Billops-Breaux | April 22, 2025

Project Update

Tear Down This Fence!

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | April 4, 2025

Community

Public Space News: Water, Memorial, and Celebrating Springtime

March 31, 2025

Project Update

Van Cortlandt Park to Reimagine Enslaved African Burial Ground

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | March 31, 2025

Community

Welcome Springtime with Photo Urbanism Bingo

Dakota Billops-Breaux | March 28, 2025

Community

Alliance for Public Space Leadership Launches 2025 Public Realm Policy Platform 

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | March 28, 2025

Call for Fellows

APPLY FOR OUR YOUTH PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP

February 27, 2025

The Design Trust for Public Space, in collaboration with photographer Nathan Kensinger and Pier 57, is now accepting submissions from young photographers (14-19 years) for the Youth Photography Fellowship, focused on New York City’s waterfront. The application deadline is April 6th, 2025. The Fellowship will take place from April 14th to April 18th, 2025 in New York City.

Community

We're Turning 30 in 2025

Alexa Mauzy-Lewis | February 26, 2025