THE TAXI OF TOMORROW
The “Taxi of Tomorrow”, the Nissan NV200, the first taxi specifically designed and engineered for driving in New York City, has been unveiled. While the new cab will feature some major safety innovations, including airbags for passengers and lighter sliding doors, they are neither ADA compliant nor are they hybrids. These are two big criticisms. Nonetheless, the new features emerge…
With the news that the pair of exhibitions celebrating and speculating on the Manhattan street grid has been extended until July 15th comes the announcement of a new series of live programs at the exhibitions’ venue, the Museum of the …
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From a personal story of industrial decline to a national exploration of energy production, the artist discusses the themes that connect his body of work, including his current exhibition of photographs of some of New York’s extraordinary and idiosyncratic trees. |
HOLLY WHYTE WAY
Since the 1980s, Midtowners in the know have avoided crowds and expedited trips between 57th and 51st Streets thanks to a string of privately-owned public spaces (POPS) partway between 6th and 7th Avenues. Now, the Department of …
BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB TRIP TO WITHDRAW FROM PLANNED BERLIN SITE
If the BMW Guggenheim Lab is an experimental exploration of the multiple meanings and possibilities of public space worldwide, one of the experiment’s perceived follow-on effects has come to eclipse all others: gentrification. The experiment’s control factor is a temporary venue designed by Atelier…
HIGH LINE PHASE THREE
Renderings of the initial designs for the third and final section of the High Line were released this week. The new leg of the park will include children’s play space (including “peel-up” see-saws and a climbing …
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Dylan Thuras explains the story behind an online compendium of weird and wondrous places, reflecting on the nature of exploration, discovery and wonder. |
THE CLEANING OF A GREAT CITY
In the late 19th century, a time when New York City’s streets were coated with “slimy mud,” and the Department of Street Cleaning was characterized as a “slouch” of an organization where “disorder and …
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Lawrence Stelter discusses his book on the 3rd Avenue Elevated, which combines a rich archive of his father’s photography with a comprehensive understanding of New York’s public transit history. |
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF ARCHITECTURE
Is architecture a profession of luxury? Irreconcilably tied to the climbs, dips and dives of the economy, built on a tradition of 80 hour weeks for …
