Unseen Machine exposes the technologies that keep the city running day-to-day and introduces the characters and designs involved in maintaining, managing and re-imagining the systems that make New York work.
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Nicola Twilley recently asked designers, farmers, health officials, activists and CEOs in NYC and Toronto to discuss how we feed our cities. Find out what she’s learned. |
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Juliette Spertus discusses her exhibit – which combines infrastructure, New York history and alternative urban futures – about Roosevelt Island’s trash collection system. |
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What if sewers no longer overflowed when it rained? Kate Zidar talks about designing for stormwater management and why it is crucial to our health, our waterways and our city. |
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Sarah Rich and Nicola Twilley discuss the impact of food systems on the physical city in advance of Foodprint NYC, an event at Studio-X. |
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Jeff Maki explains Manhattan’s District Steam Service as a case study in how citizens can engage in the maintenance of infrastructure. |


