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A press conference announcing the planned Kingsbridge National Ice Center in the drill shed of the Kingsbridge Armory | Image via NYC Mayor's Office
Roundup — Armory on Ice, Turnstyling, Connected Trains, Sandy Debris, the Great Saunter, and Emerging From The Ruins
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 26 2013
ARMORY ON ICE The massive Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx is one step closer to becoming the world’s largest indoor...
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IDEAS CITY 2013
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 24 2013
A preview of the upcoming IDEAS CITY Festival that explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture make urban centers better places to live, work, and play, including two projects from the Architectural League: Little Free Library/NYC and Typecast.
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April 29: Mitch Epstein’s New York Arbor
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 24 2013
A presentation by and conversation with photographer Mitch Epstein on Monday, April 29, at 7:00pm. Discussion following with Joshua Chuang and Matthew Wells; moderated by Michael Kimmelman.
Potential subway car configurations | Image via Transportation Research Board
Roundup — Subway Maneuvers, Transit Illustrates Inequity, Noise Mapped, Ferry Futures, Sandy Updates, and Low Rise High Density
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 19 2013
SUBWAY MANEUVERS A draft study produced by the MTA’s Transportation Research Board chronicles straphangers’ highly calculated positioning in subway cars...
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Cultural Fluency: Intersections of Art and Urbanism
by Jonathan Tarleton • Apr 19 2013
In exhibiting art, galleries — whether the vaunted spaces of Chelsea or an obscure room on the outer reaches of...
Citi Bike comes to Clinton Hill | Image by Doug Gordon via Brooklyn Spoke
Roundup — Bike Infrastructure Blooming, Change the Course, Commercial Rooftop Greenhouses, Cars and Streets, Cicadas, and Tunnel Stories
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 12 2013
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE BLOOMING The spring weather has brought with it the long-awaited roll out of NYC’s new bike share, Citi Bike....
The NYC AIDS Memorial by Studio a+1 | Image via New York City AIDS Memorial
Roundup — NYC AIDS Memorial, Closed Data, Bloomberg the Preservationist, a Blank Slate in the Bronx, Sandy Updates, Collaborative Cities, and Bike the Branches
by Urban Omnibus • Apr 5 2013
NYC AIDS MEMORIAL The final design for the New York City AIDS Memorial, to be constructed next to the former...
| Image via National Low Income Housing Coalition
Roundup — Housing Out of Reach, a Fresh Take on Flushing, Boulevard 41, Arts at Ground Zero, Sandy Updates, Curtain, the Big Squeeze, and Calling Back to 1993
by Urban Omnibus • Mar 29 2013
OUT-OF-REACH HOUSING A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition demonstrates the very concerning statistic that “in no...
The land on which the Pacific (l) and Brooklyn Heights (r) branches of the Brooklyn Public Library sit will be sold to fund the library's operations. | Images via Utopian Branch Library (l) and
Roundup — Private Money for Public Buildings, Penn Station, Hidden History, D+ for Infrastructure, Reducing the Waste Stream, Click That ‘Hood, High Rise Stories, and Darkened Cities
by Urban Omnibus • Mar 22 2013
PUBLIC FUNDING THROUGH REAL ESTATE Selling real estate to plug budget shortfalls is becoming an increasingly common strategy in the...
Green roof at the Lyons Recreation Center in Staten Island, one sample are in the study | Image via NYC Parks
Roundup — Elevated Biodiversity, Safer Mixed-Use Neighborhoods, an Underground Library, Modular Momentum, Sandy Updates, and the Planning Game
by Urban Omnibus • Mar 15 2013
ELEVATED BIODIVERSITY Green roofs are often lauded for their cooling effect and runoff absorption, but a new study of green roofs...
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