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CRASH Open Status
Is the space open right now?
- Role
- Designer and developer
- Tools
- JavaScript, Google Calendar API, Firebase Hosting
- Company
- CRASH Space LA
- Year
- 2026
CRASH Space is volunteer run, so its open hours change week to week. Open Status reads the space’s Google Calendar and answers the first question visitors have: is it open right now, and if not, when?
It comes as eleven widgets that drop into a WordPress block or any page as an iframe: a full width status banner, an at a glance card with the next open hours, compact and detailed status bars, a top bar with a mode toggle, a next public event banner, and weekly calendar grids in horizontal and vertical layouts, with separate public and member views.
A widget directory doubles as a sandbox, with a live playground for each widget at full width, tablet and phone sizes.
