STATE OF THE CITY
In his second to last State of the City address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg touched on a wide range of issues, some expected — such as his commitment to merit-based pay for teachers in the public school …
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Rosalie Genevro offers a historical snapshot of Starrett City and challenges us to question conventional notions of “house” and “home” in American culture. |
Earlier this month we introduced you to Making Room, a research, design and advocacy project to shape the city’s housing stock to address the changing needs of how we live today.
This week, the Citizens Housing and Planning Council …
SOUTH BRONX RISING
This week, The New York Times new architecture critic Michael Kimmelman took a walk with NYC’s planning commissioner Amanda Burden through the South Bronx. They discuss the area’s long journey after decades of disinvestment and neglect and cite the importance of Nos Quedamos and Yolanda Garcia’s vision…
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Introducing Making Room: a research, design and advocacy project to shape New York’s housing stock to address the changing needs of how we live now. |
PLACE PULSE
When we familiarize ourselves with new surroundings, we often rely on our instincts more than guidebooks or demographic studies. We feel it out, without consciously asking ourselves the questions of whether a neighborhood seems safe, active, clean, unique. …
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Be sure to join us on July 8th for the latest in the Architectural League’s Conversations on New York series of public events. This one features former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Dan Doctoroff, who set in motion many …
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Esther Robinson’s approach to supporting the arts through asset-building is something everyone interested in cities and neighborhoods should know about. |
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Seema Agnani’s work with South Asian immigrants on housing needs charts a course for legalizing basement apartments to create affordable housing. |
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Sociologist Dalton Conley takes us on a walk through the public housing complexes where he grew up, reflecting on the economics of housing policy and the limits of design. |
