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Varick Shute is the managing editor of Urban Omnibus. She has been with the Architectural League since 2007, where, prior to the launch of Urban Omnibus, she worked on League exhibitions, publications and digital media. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Happy Fourth Birthday to Us!
by Cassim Shepard and Varick Shute • Jan 7 2013
Believe it or not, today is the fourth anniversary of Urban Omnibus. On January 7th, 2009, we began a journey...
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Build It Back Smarter
by Cassim Shepard and Varick Shute • Nov 1 2012
The editors of Urban Omnibus reflect on the scale of Superstorm Sandy in terms of government response, climate change, and infrastructure investment.
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Recap: Field Trip to Dutch Kills Green
by Varick Shute • May 25 2012
In 2001, Long Island City underwent a significant rezoning to encourage office, retail and residential development in an area known...
Urban Omnibus BlockParty 2012, Old Saint Patrick's Youth Center, February 28th, 2012 | Photo: Marcelo López Dinardi
Party Photos! BlockParty 2012
by Cassim Shepard and Varick Shute • Mar 6 2012
Thanks to all of the Omnibus devotees who came out to share the love, our BlockParty last week was a...
3rd Anniversary
The Omnibus Turns Three!
by Cassim Shepard and Varick Shute • Jan 9 2012
After a two week hiatus, we’re back to wish you a happy new year — and to toast the beginning of the fourth year of Urban Omnibus!
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Tomorrow, 1/26: Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects
by Varick Shute • Jan 25 2011
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 26, the League is hosting a Current Work lecture featuring Gregg Pasquarelli, founding partner of the...
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Interns Wanted!
by Varick Shute • Aug 4 2010
Here at Urban Omnibus we have been fortunate over the past two years to find a series of outstanding interns...
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Conversations on New York #3: Benepe, Burden and Burney
by Varick Shute • Jul 28 2010
Last week, New York City Commissioners Amanda Burden, of the Department of City Planning (DCP), Adrian Benepe, of Parks and...
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Touring Roosevelt Island
by Varick Shute • May 17 2010
Yesterday was a beautiful day for wandering along Roosevelt Island’s waterfront. The Omnibus team and fifty of our friends spent...
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Atlantic-Pacific Recap
by Varick Shute • Oct 2 2009
Wednesday night, Urban Omnibus, WNYC and friends gathered at the Atlantic Avenue - Pacific Street subway station to do exactly what every New Yorker tells you to never do: we stood still in a large group in the middle of a busy subway...
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