The first steps to get more people counting with Public Life Diversity Toolkit are already underway. Gehl is collaborating with Better Block Foundation to develop a prototype training program, by evaluating a project in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, Florida. Better Block Foundation…
A conversation with Ewa Westermark and Julia D Day about NYC’s Plazas and Gehl’s ongoing evaluation of their social impact
Savory Saturday gathering in the Name of Community Driven Public Space Improvements A few weekends ago local project partner, HWEP, hosted an early morning public engagement event, with food trucks that served savory breakfast foods, coffee and delicious pastry. The…
Last weekend the project team was on-site, for the first time during the intervention, to observe and measure public life at SplashJam. It will take some time to analyze the surveys and observation data, but there is much to share…
The splashJAM is a pilot prototype to test how play and water can bring neighbors and families out, from all over the city, and create a new hub for families. At the corner of Short Street and Eastern Avenue, Thoroughbred…
Does Inviting for Kids Increase Socioeconomic Diversity?Will making public spaces better for children increase the socioeconomic diversity of visitors? In partnership with a local NYC plaza manager, we are measuring how making public space more inviting to children might increase…
Gehl Institute received support from the Charlotte Knight office in the summer of 2015. This builds on Gehl’s Charlotte Public Space Plan, which we produced with Center City Partners in 2015. Current work is focused on developing a pilot project,…
The Market Street Prototyping Festival encouraged designers, artists, and makers to test ideas to enliven the sidewalks along San Francisco’s Market Street.The Festival built upon the design process for Better Market Street, a five-year effort to redesign Market Street into…