A Day in the Life of the Local Pop-up Café

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Uploaded by on Nov 30, 2011

The Pop-up Café Program provides outdoor public seating in well-designed public spaces, allowing people to sit and socialize where sidewalk seating was previously unavailable.

The pop-up café at Local (144 Sullivan St.) was installed and put into operation in July 2011, creating a public space where 12 people could sit at the same time, in the street space that would ordinarily have been occupied by a single car, oftentimes for a number of days. The café is frequently used by residents from its community, and is seen here being used by 96 people in a single day.

The owner of Local (Craig Walker) feels that the newly installed public space is "definitely good for business, especially in a way that creates new space for the community."

Music by: Mike DeMaio
Edited by: Matt Lenski
Local Owners: Craig & Liz Walker

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  • @4eternityhopeful cities hate homeless people sleeping on them. but maybe everyone notices the dozen or so panhandlers because the streets are so ugly and bare? vicious cycle i think

  • Yeah, what's going on with public benches these days. They seem sometimes to almost be just a memory.

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