Local Center Press

Our Local Center teams have been working hard to reclaim and activate public spaces across New York City with creative installations, festivals, markets and more.

“Mayor announces funding to help BIDs with frivolous lawsuits, insurance costs,” Crain’s

“Mayor and SBS Celebrate Business Improvement Districts with Almost $7 Million in Investments, ” Cityland NYC

“Mayor Adams Unveils Plans To Boost Commercial Areas, Streamline Processes For Business Improvement Districts,” Harlem World News

“Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx will receive funding and technical assistance to envision the future of their public spaces through the Local Center,”  AIA NY 

“How This NYC Firm Uses Data in Service of More Equitable Design,” Architect’s Magazine

“‘Possibilities are kind of endless’ for 161st Street BID in Lou Gehrig Plaza,” Bronx Times

“Pitkin Avenue, Zion Triangle Plaza in Brownsville to be Revamped,” BK Reader

“161st Business Improvement District looks to revamp the Bronx Capitol District,” News 12 Bronx 

“Transforming Tompkinsville Park: Culturally vibrant events bring community to site working to shed negative image,” Staten Island Live 

“New Afro-Caribbean and Latin Food & Spice market coming to Staten Island,” Staten Island Live

“Afro-Caribbean and Latinx Food & Spice Market Comes to Staten Island,” Staten Island Parent

“GrowHouse NYC Creates Black History Heritage Corridor Around Flatbush African Burial Ground,” Gotham To Go 

 “Residents Weigh in on Future of Flatbush African Burial Ground,” BKReader 

 “New signs along Flatbush Avenue honor Brooklyn’s African heritage,” 6sqft

“Renovations aim to enhance Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Bronx,” Pix11 

“New installation adds seats, shade to Lou Gehrig Plaza,” Bronx News 12

“New installation livens up Lou Gehrig Plaza near Yankee Stadium,”  Bronx Times 

“The Local Center’s Connected Corridors Program Enlivens Main Streets,” AIA NY

“Community advocates and partners unveil Soundview Economic Hub Plaza in the Bronx,” Pix11 

“Soundview community celebrates grand opening of new public art space,” Bronx Times 

“Community Groups Celebrate New Economic Hub in the South Bronx,” The City

“Grand Opening of the Sunnyside Night Market,” Queens Gazette

“Inaugural Sunnyside Night Market to take place this Sunday,” Sunnyside Post

“Sunnyside Night Market’s Grand Opening,” Queens Gazette

“Abuelita Masala is a “functional art structure” by A+A+A in Staten Island’s Tompkinsville Park,” Architect’s Newspaper

“Pitkin Avenue BID Lights Up Zion Triangle Ahead of The Holidays,” BKReader

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