Experiments

6% Place

6% is the number, the tipping point. If a neighborhood can get that many creative workers, it becomes an attraction in its own right.

6% Place book

cityLAB's 6% Place book, available for purchase or download, examines how people, and not just physical investment, can drive economic development.

6% Tracking Tools

The 6% Place Tracking Tools are easy-to-update maps that will track and visualize development in the 6% Place. These maps will help Garfield and Penn Avenue track changes in their neighborhood over time.

Dearborn Street Market

The Dearborn Street Market will stimulate the local economy, bring outside capital to Garfield, and make Garfield more visible to the world.

Garfield Strong

Garfield Strong merges two ideas proposed by our 6% Place experiment into one. Bikes and exercise parks will cohabit to form a linear park for neighborhood residents and incomers alike.

Garfield Hilltop Park

On Garfield's steep hilltop, a park and a unique panorama will provide an interesting view of the city – and let neighborhood residents and incomers see Garfield from a new perspective.

cityLIVE!

cityLIVE! is a provocative urban forum for edu­cational, entertaining, and surprising evenings of discussion and networking.

pop Pittsburgh up

We will create a series of temporary Pop-Ups in other cities to inventively highlight and share Pittsburgh’s secrets and best assets with new populations.

internLAB

cityLAB offers internships where you actually get to do something!
Help in the office, help with an experiment, or even pitch your own.

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