Freespace Press

Your faithful social investigator hit the streets with the Inventor's Toolkit in hand to explore the opening of the new [Freespace] (1011 Market St.) in San Francisco's Central Market area. A lively crowd gathered on the sidewalk as co-founder of [Freespace] F.J. Alton "cut the ribbon" by halving a chain with a power saw. The opening night welcomed over five hundred people to this eight thousand square feet blank canvas.

"Culture hackers" are renting abandoned San Francisco warehouses for $1 per month and giving them to the community.

Hacking away at San Francisco's Freespace, a pop-up space for artists, designers, developers and other creatives.I've been spending a lot of time at hackathons lately. It's not a surprise; here in the Bay Area, hackathons and coding sessions are a way of life, a social scene as common as a...

Lisa GanskyFounder, Mesh LabsRiggs KubiakCEO and Founder, Honest BuildingsShalini VajjhalaCo-Founder, c.dots developmentMike ZuckermanCulture Hacker & Co-Fou...

Name: Ilana LipsettAge: 31City: San FranciscoPosition: Co-founder of Freespace, a temporary, free, pop-up community center in San Francisco J.: How did the idea for Freespace come about?Ilana Lipsett: Freespace was inspired by the National Day of Civic Hacking (on June 1), which was organized by government agencies around the country to bring people together — […]

Mobility is key in vision for maker-inspired homeless training program

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Collaborative spaces, driven by the maker movement, offer clear benefits: serendipitous connections, learning, and opportunities to tackle larger challenges.

Next City took to the streets on Friday to check out how Philadelphians celebrated this year’s PARKing day.

I’m sitting inside a vibrant 14,000 square foot warehouse in Central Market. Music serenades a group of energetic blues dancers on the main stage. Upstairs, the rapid neon lights of a laser dance party give way to the serene tone of a yoga class. In the next room over, a twelve year-old is describing his

Last Tuesday, the White House honored 14 Open Government and Civic Hacking Champions of Change—extraordinary Americans working to improve their communities through technology, innovation, and civic participation. As entrepreneurs, innovators, organizers, and community leaders, these “Champions of Change” have made a tremendous positive impact.

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Freespace has been an amazing two-month experiment in taking over of three-story warehouse and throwing free events just for the fun of it. Saturday, July

This month, a group of community organizers, artists and local folks have created [freespace], a month-long community center on Mission and 7th Street that will function as an event space, art exhibit...

From Canada, Hyundai shows us scenes from the “Gaspocalypse.”

Things are moving fast at [ freespace ]. The experiment is now more than half way done and each day has been bringing new ideas, actions and art. [ freespace ] is an experiment that started on the National Day of Civic Hacking. A very motivate team of community-builders, artists and researchers found a huge …