NYC public space news is heating up as summer starts to take shape.

The latest edition of our Public Space newsletter covers updates on Design Trust projects, programs, and events.

Here are the highlights:

• NYC Dog Mayor Simon, local leaders, and Castle Hill neighbors and residents joined the Green Space Connections team for the ribbon cutting of NYCHA’s first dog park.

• The second cohort of New York: City Designed interns has been announced, growing the pipeline of students with underrepresented backgrounds in the planning, design, and preservation fields.

• This week: the Annual Benefit for Public Space is happening at the NYPL Stavros Niarchos Library. Next week: Photo Urbanism fellow Nathan Kensinger’s multimedia exhibition opens to the public, sparking conversation on expanding access to New York’s waterways.

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