An Antwerp designer created this portable barricade. Functionally, it’s just like the standard metal barricade with vertical slats that police use to corral crowds. But aesthetically, it gives off a whole different ambiance. “Instead of pushing away the people (and making them angry because they can’t pass), we make them feel welcome, or at least curious about what is happening on the other side.”

Via How We Drive.

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Tagged: public spaces, street furniture

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.