23 Posts Tagged as: Street Art/Theater

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Brooklyn Students Paint the Pavement

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on May 18, 2009 | 5,313 Plays

Livable Streets Education teamed up with Community Roots Charter School and PS 67 to paint a magnificent street mural on St. Edwards Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

The Prospect Park Youth Advocates

by Robin Urban Smith on September 24, 2008 | 3,166 Plays

Four young Brooklynites launch an impressive summer-long campaign for a Car-Free Prospect Park.

Park(ing) Day NYC 2008

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on September 22, 2008 | 13,827 Plays

Transportation Alternatives reports during this year's foray into PARKing Day there were over 50 parking spaces temporarily reclaimed throughout the city, nearly doubling last year's total. We were able to visit about twenty of those.

Figment* 2008 on Governors Island

by Nick Whitaker on July 2, 2008 | 2,427 Plays

This weekend, FIGMENT 2008, a free, non-profit art project, drew upwards of 10,000 people to Governors Island for a three day festival of performance, music and participatory art. Partnering with Governors Island, the producers of FIGMENT hope to increase the enjoyment of art by placing it in an under-utilized public space just minutes from downtown. Streetfilms was there to cover the event and speak to one of the creators of what it is all about.

Lounging & Lollygaging in Wodonga

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on March 25, 2008 | 5,968 Plays

On Fridays, residents of Wodonga, Australia take back the downtown by placing sofas in the street and programming music and games for families. David Engwicht author, philosopher and creator of the Walking School Bus and Mental Speed Bumps, has taken on "the challenge of a lifetime" - to revitalize this downtown district and make the streets more vibrant and livable.