Fulton Street in the Financial District is undergoing a $38 million multi-phased revitalization, intended to transform the street into the Fulton Street Corridor, the essential link between the World Trade Center site and the East River. Improvements to Fulton Street include a replacement of the 150-year-old water main, renovated sidewalks and signs, and… 
12 03 09 • by Rachel Aland • architecture, financial district, lower manhattan, manhattan, recap, urban design
I stopped by the Camp for Oppositional Architecture Friday night. It was a "bar+" night; lectures are held in the space every other day, but nonetheless I wanted to see the space on Front Street in DUMBO and talk to some of the renegades behind An Architektur.
I spoke with a German…
Saturday afternoon, a group of Omnibus readers, WNYC listeners, and assorted unbuilt city enthusiasts gathered in Bryant Park to listen to Museum of the Phantom City designers Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder talk about how their app works, what happens when architects collaborate with app developers, and their curatorial process.
The app, thanks to Irene…
11 03 09 • by Rachel Aland • architectural history, iPhone, live event, locative media, meet-up, mobile media, public art, recap, urban exploration
