2025-11-10T09:16:57-08:00 2024-12-31 Gary S Eisenkraft CPA 271 Madison Avenue Suite 602 New York NY 10016 990 2024-01-01 133884881 DESIGN TRUST FOR PUBLIC SPACE INC DESI 2126952432 40 WORTH STREET 603 NEW YORK NY 10013 MATTHEW CLARKE Executive Dir. 2025-11-10 true true Gary S Eisenkraft CPA P00055181 2126892655 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MATTHEW CLARKE 40 WORTH STREET 603 NEW YORK NY 10013 1324985 false X WWW.DESIGNTRUST.ORG X 1995 NY The Design Trust for Public Space is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the future of public space in NYC. Our projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact,through design on how New Yorkers live,work and play. 23 23 7 0 968278 1049836 95531 254994 30 -64754 -76599 999055 1228261 0 0 803145 794526 0 109564 432354 312399 1235499 1106925 -236444 121336 1081347 1034253 968671 800213 112676 234040 X The Design Trust for Public Space is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the future of public space in New York City. Our projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact - through design - on how New Yorkers live, work and play. false false 429268 81500 GENERAL PROGRAMThe Design Trust for Public Space is dedicated to the future of public space in New York City. Their projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact through design on how New Yorkers live, work and play. 152810 130000 GREEN SPACE CONNECTIONSGREEN SPACE CONNECTIONS IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY FUND AND THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY (NYCHA) TO CREATE AND ACTIVATE COMMUNITY-DESIGNED GREEN SPACE AT FOUR NYCHA PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS FOR 14,000 RESIDENTS IN BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX.IN 2024, ONE DEVELOPMENT HELD A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT FOR A NEW DOG RUN, TWO DEVELOPMENTS ENTERED THE PROCUREMENT PHASE, AND THE FOURTH DEVELOPMENT ENTERED THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT. 89855 OPENING THE EDGEOpening the Edge is a project of the Design Trust, in partnership with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA); proposed by Artist Jane Greengold to create a new public space in an underutilized grassy area of Lillian Wald Houses on the Lower East Side. In Fall 2024, we hosted a community kickoff event with Wald residents, NYCHA, Council Member Rivera, and the Design Trust team. We hired our contractor for the project and began working with them to align the project with the budget. 44455 PHOTO URBANISMTHE PHOTO URBANISM PROGRAM OFFERS FELLOWSHIPS TO LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS TO CREATE A NEW BODY OF WORK ILLUMINATING THE PUBLIC SPACES OF NYC. ON THE GREEN SPACE CONNECTIONS PROJECT TEAM, OUR PHOTO URBANISM FELLOW LATRICIA MORGAN EXPLORES NYCHAS OPEN SPACES AND THE POWER OF RESIDENT-LED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. THE FINAL EXHIBITION, NYCHA FLOWERS", DOCUMENTS THE INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY AT NYCHA THROUGH PORTRAITURE, BRINGING A LENS OF LUXURY TO HER SUBJECTS AND UPLIFTING THE BEATIFUL BLOOM AND GROWTH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, COMBINING MIXED-MEDIA AND TEXTURE.IN 2024, DESIGN TRUST HELD A MONTH-LONG FINAL EXHIBITION OF LATRICIA MORGAN'S PHOTOGRAPHS, TITLED "NYCHA FLOWERS", AT THE BRONX COUNCIL ON THE ARTS. 40501 THE NEURODIVERSE CITYTHE NEURODIVERSE CITY SEEKS TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT NEURODIVERSITY BY BUILDING A BROAD-BASED COALITION OF SELF-ADVOCATES AND PARTNERS, IDENTIFYING WAYS TO QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY NEUROINCLUSIVE SPACE, PROTOTYPE TACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGE IN KEY AREAS WHERE THESE IDEAS CAN BE SCALED AND BROADENED.IN 2024, THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED SITE AUDITS AND CO-DESIGNED WORKSHOPS AT THE PROJECT SITES THAT INCLUDED A STREETSCAPE AND PLAYGROUND. 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