Spanish-born, Rotterdam-based artist Lara Almarcegui’s Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River — at Ludlow38 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side — carves an interdisciplinary niche at the intersection of photography, urban studies, and performance — a terrain every bit as ambiguous and enticing as the urban… 
Friday night I braved the cold to attend the opening reception for “Designing the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza – Pop Up Exhibition and Workshop,” sponsored by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn BID. The event brought together neighborhood residents, business owners, committee…
Tuesday night at Metropolitan Exchange, John McLaughlin, Director of Environmental Services for the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, presented the lecture “Restoring Brooklyn’s Pennsylvania and Fountain Landfills” as part of the Freshkills Park Talks lecture series. The landfills – on Jamaica Bay, near JFK…
Almost 35 million vehicles use the Holland Tunnel each year to pass between New Jersey and Manhattan under the Hudson River. Probably very few of these drivers think twice about the inner workings of the piece of infrastructure that makes their commute not only easier, but possible.
Lucky for us, Heather…
…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.
