If each of our readers donated just $10 to Urban Omnibus during this end-of-year giving season, just think of what we could do:

The Omnibus team could go to the Maldives for a week, or stay in this hotel suite for a long weekend. We could treat the entire staff of the Architectural League to the world’s most expensive dessert. We could buy 20 pounds of saffron, the pawns from this chess set, or one of these cats.

Or…

We could use your donations to keep the Omnibus going for another year, bringing you ideas and strategies for greener, smarter, fairer, more beautiful cities.

Just $10 from you means more urban exploration, more architecture, more criticism, more maps, more public space, more infrastructure, more art, more reviews, more opinion, more community engagement, more roundups, more urban agriculture, more transit, more waterfront, more excess capacity. More Act Local, more Make it Visible, more Vanguard, more Sites+Projects, more Walks and Talks, more Writing the City, more Unseen Machine, more Live Events, more At the Architectural League.

We are a non-profit online publication and we depend on contributions from readers like you. It’s not too late to give a gift to the Omnibus this year. You can make a one-time donation or you can show your support by becoming a member of the Architectural League.

Thank you for an excellent 2010 and best wishes for a happy 2011.

Sincerely,

The Omnibus Team
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Photo: Fesdu Island, the Maldives. By Flickr user Juergen Kurlvink.