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Travis Eby is a recent graduate of the Yale School of Architecture. He loves his stoop in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.
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Guide to the Wastelands of the Flushing River
by Travis Eby • Apr 28 2010
Spanish-born, Rotterdam-based artist Lara Almarcegui’s Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River — at Ludlow38 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side —...
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Designing the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza
by Travis Eby • Feb 9 2010
Friday night I braved the cold to attend the opening reception for “Designing the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza – Pop...
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Restoring Jamaica Bay’s Landfills
by Travis Eby • Jan 27 2010
Tuesday night at Metropolitan Exchange, John McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Services for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, presented the...
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Air and Blood
by Travis Eby • Oct 27 2009
Almost 35 million vehicles use the Holland Tunnel each year to pass between New Jersey and Manhattan under the Hudson...
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The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue
by Travis Eby • Sep 7 2009
The Provenance of Beauty cleverly merges theater, city, and social commentary. It takes as subject matter and setting one of the city's most storied and notorious districts: the South Bronx. The Foundry's production relies on a staging technique that is simple and innovative: the play takes place entirely on a bus, originating and terminating on 121st St. in East Harlem then moving through the Hunt's Point and Mott Haven sections of The Bronx.
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The Putting Lot, Revisited
by Travis Eby • Jul 31 2009
Yesterday’s break from the 2009 New York Summer Monsoon had me itching to do what any self-respecting urbanist should: go...
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