Circumnavigate Manhattan on an Architectural and Historical Tour of NYC’s Waterfront
Anyone who has taken the free, round-the-clock Staten Island Ferry has been able to sneak some pretty spectacular views of
TDR, IBZ, WTF?! The Center for Urban Pedagogy Spells Out Zoning Basics for the Uninitiated
Zoning is a city planning instrument that few of us know much about or care to pay attention to. But
Janette Sadik-Khan Reflects on Six Years as NYC’s Transportation Commissioner
Smoking and soda bans aside, the reshaping of New York City’s streets has been among the most controversial hallmarks
I Loved NY: Writers Defend their Decisions to Leave New York City in “Goodbye to All That” Essay Collection
“I was making only $65 or $70 a week then, so little money that some weeks I had to charge
What Lies Beneath: the Design Trust for Public Space Seeks to Transform the Spaces Under NYC’s Elevated Infrastructure
Scandinavian folklore holds that trolls once lurked under bridges, demanding payment from all who crossed and attacking those who refused.
New Book “Safe Space” Looks at How Violence Shaped the Gay Neighborhoods in NYC
In a new book, Safe Space, the author Christina Hanhardt asserts that the 2002 Greenwich Village rally, “Take Back Our
Debating the Midtown East Rezoning at Columbia University with Michael Kimmelman, Kate Ascher, Andrew Dolkart and David King
A transportation planner, a historic preservationist and an architecture critic walk into an auditorium. That’s not the start of
Sex, Crime and Zoning: Retracing the Birth of NYC’s Original “Gayborhood,” the West Village
Last week Rick Landman – activist, attorney, and former executive director of real estate for the city – gathered about a dozen
A “Subterranean Manifesto” for the Lowline Park by Co-Founder Dan Barasch
The Lowline cofounder Dan Barasch visited a meeting of the Brooklyn Futurist Meetup last Wednesday to spell out ten guiding
A Sneak Peak into the new Freshkills Park on Staten Island with James Corner and the NYC Parks Department
The Department of Parks & Recreation opened up 300 acres of the burgeoning Freshkills Park on Sunday for its fourth
New York’s Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governor’s Island [PHOTOS]
Last week, Untapped Cities reported that the 8th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party would be returning to Governor’s Island
Behind the Scenes at the Governors Island Construction Site in NYC
New Amsterdam indeed. In 2007, the City of New York, new owners of Governors Island, selected Dutch landscape architecture firm