72andSunny's 72U Just Turned a Vacant Lot in Venice Into a Great Community Meeting Spot

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What's inspiring about a dusty patch of ground in Venice, Calif., populated with a few scraggly weeds and hemmed in by a chain link fence? Plenty, according to the team at 72andSunny's in-house creative residency, 72U.

The six-member group looked at the forlorn piece of property and saw an opportunity for a community gathering spot and open-air workspace. Using crowdsourced info, they spent eight weeks creating a 1,500-square-foot pop-up park with free WiFi, portable desks, fences that convert to tables and art installations.

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