BEACHES BOUNCE BACK Beach season is finally upon us, and the Department of Parks and Recreation has been hard at...

BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE BLOOMING The spring weather has brought with it the long-awaited roll out of NYC’s new bike share, Citi Bike....

‘BERG THE BUILDER The Bloomberg administration and the DOT are taking heat this week for scheduling a new bridge linking...

OLD YORK According to a report released this week from the California-based Milken Institute, the New York metro area comes...

Next Wednesday, in celebration of our nation’s birth, instead of publishing our regular weekly feature, we’ll be honoring the timeless...

MOYNIHAN COMMENCEMENT The demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station sparked furor at the loss of a grand entrance to the...

MANHATTAN MEMORIOUS Back in 2009, Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder took us on a tour of the unbuilt city through...

David Vega-Barachowitz investigates the policies, stakeholders and theories that have historically shaped street design standards in the US, and calls on designers to rethink how we share and use our roads.

SOUTH BRONX RISING This week, The New York Times new architecture critic Michael Kimmelman took a walk with NYC’s planning...

TIMES SQUARE PLAZAS MADE PERMANENT On Tuesday, September 27, Manhattan's Community Board 5 met with Craig Dykers of Snøhetta to review their plans for the Times Square pedestrian plazas of the not-so-distant future. No more lawn chairs, no more paint as marker for where the car space ends. The plan calls for a leveling of the streets and curbs, to create a continuous pedestrian surface of dark concrete. Inlaid into the pavers will be steel rivets to reflect the bright lights of the big city. Benches and street furniture...