Bus Time
Slow moving and overstuffed, the public bus is also a space of communion, curiosity, and solidarity for residents on the city's margins.
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Two High School Activists
With school buildings ill-equipped to face the climate crisis, students advocate for retrofits and greener, healthier buildings.
Long Island is Bugging Me
A disquisition into the urban/suburban and human/insect divides, and how people might come together when their surroundings are planned to keep them apart.
Everybody Should Be Honored
A rare combination of collective art project, community celebration, and environmental protest, the Hunts Point Fish Parade honors residents of the Bronx neighborhood and mobilizes them in the fight for its future.
Stay in Your Lane
More than just red paint and white text, political maneuvers and enforcement strategies are key elements in the design of the city’s bus lanes.
Charge It, Please!
Where demand is high and private infrastructure is scarce, the city seeks to squeeze in streetside charging for electric cars.
Behind the Curtain
Massage parlor storefronts along New York City streets are an invitation to wellbeing . . . and suspicion. Red Canary Song reframes these spaces for intimate bodywork in terms of care, healing, and survival.
State of Play
New York City's only adventure playground is a beloved destination. But it's also a proposition to make room for free play across the city, from street to schoolyard.
A New Harvest
Herbs and berries are free for the picking along the Bronx River Foodway. But the public place for foraging is also a pathway to stronger connections with local ecologies and community self-determination.
A Fishmonger
A seafood purveyor builds a sustainable business amidst rising and heating oceans and insatiable demand.
Market Share
Designed for other uses and users, Corona Plaza has become a critical infrastructure for streetside selling. In the face of economic and legal pressures, vendors are organizing themselves and the space to ensure both individual survival and collective prosperity.
Seed Money
After a historic oil spill and an unprecedented financial settlement, a Brooklyn community oversees its ecological repair.
Unlikely Attractions
In works from digital dérives to a floating opera, artists bring new perspectives to New York City's most damaged environments.
Signs of Things to Come
Despite two centuries of discrimination, New York's psychics continue to make space for contacting spirits, telling fortunes, and making a future for themselves.
Air Grievances
In environmental justice communities, knowledge about air pollution hotspots comes from the ground up. Shouldn't remedies start there too?
This Has Become My Town (NORCs of New York Revisited, Part One)
A decade ago, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities seemed like a really good idea. How are they doing now?
You’re Not Going to Tell Me When to Go Home
What happened on the ground during the summer protests in NYC? Participants describe a temporary landscape of kinship and resistance — and a template for another city.
Homebound
"Homes for the aged” have long negotiated between keeping elders safe and keeping them connected to their communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens senior care facilities across the country, the story of one Manhattan nursing home holds lessons for balancing "home" and "institution" during times of duress, and far after the worst is over.
Saving Water
Along the Brooklyn-Queens border, 50 acres of abandoned water infrastructure have gradually transformed into a unique wetland ecosystem. What's in store for the Ridgewood Reservoir?
Ship Shape
The on-demand economy demands a lot from New York City’s streets. How might logistics better integrate with the city’s sidewalk ballet?