Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Tactical Urbanism

Planners from the City of Boston solicited ideas for a reconstruction project on State Street in downtown Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

Car-Free State Street Is A Possibility In City Reconstruction Project

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

On Thursday, planners and engineers from the City of Boston installed a pop-up park on State Street in downtown Boston to solicit ideas and feedback from passerby about a planned reconstruction project that would completely rebuild the street between the Old State House and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. State Street is a heavily-trafficked pedestrian route […]

The Boston Cyclists Union sponsored a pop-up park along the Centre Street bike route in Jamaica Plain for Park(ing) Day 2019.

Photos: It’s Park(ing) and Climate Strike Day

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 20, 2019 | 1 Comment

And we've got another new Orange Line train.

The pop-up plaza at Phillips Square in Chinatown is nearly complete as of Wednesday, August 29, 2019.

Eyes On the Street: Chinatown’s New Phillips Square Plaza

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 29, 2019 | No Comments

A little-used turning lane on Harrison Street in Chinatown is on the verge of being reclaimed as public space as the city puts the finishing touches on a new plaza in Phillips Square. The City of Boston has been planning public space improvements for Phillips Square – located on Harrison Street between Essex and Beach […]

Aaron Grenier (left) and Allie Girouard, two of the founders of CultureHouse, which is operating a pop-up "living room" this summer at 500 Kendall Street in Cambridge.

CultureHouse in Kendall Square Brings Tactical Urbanism Indoors

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 16, 2019 | No Comments

Allie Girouard and Aaron Greiner are the co-founders of CultureHouse, a self-described "urban design test kitchen" that has secured a temporary lease at 500 Kendall Street.