Experiments

Employers, residents, and technologists building actionable solutions together to get everyone moving. A first of its kind co-design session on the future of transportation.

Follow along as cityLAB builds a Tiny House in Garfield, the first of its kind, and shares the lessons we learn along the way.

An exploration of living small as a potential driver of economic development, Tiny Houses are part of our 6% Place experiment.

cityLAB’s Eve Picker describes the economic development impact of bottom-up thinking–thinking small writ large–at 2013’s TEDxCMU.

A brand new market to bring more people to Garfield, support local entrepreneurs, and create a great place for everyone to spend a Friday night.

A series of free business education workshops for freelancers and creative entrepreneurs centered in Garfield to support the neighborhood’s creative economy.

The 2012 Creative Census counted and connected the people engaged in the creative economy of Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.

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cityLAB’s 6% Place book and ebook, available for purchase (and as a free downloadable PDF), examines how people, and not just physical investment, can drive economic development.

the 6% Place Tracking Tools are a series of maps and charts that vizualize development in Garfield and on Penn Avenue.

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

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

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

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.