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The founder and the director of an organization that revitalizes neighborhoods by curating exhibitions in empty spaces discuss their process of transforming a Bronx landmark into a temporary venue for contemporary art. |
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Two of the co-founders of an innovative “video map” of New York discuss personal expression, urban exploration and the civic possibilities of video. |
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Curator Deborah Wye explains how the Orchard Beach Pavilion inspired her to research and present the building’s history, to advocate for its preservation and to explore the city through some of its neglected civic architecture. |
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Joshua Nelson explains how freight rail works in New York, reflecting on rail’s environmental and economic advantages as well as its role in getting potatoes to your local market. |
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… 
HIGHWAY REPORT
Over on Streetsblog, Noah Kazis reports on the status of a comprehensive study in progress at the NYC Department of City Planning, funded by a federal TIGER grant, to re-examine the possibility of tearing down the Sheridan Expressway in the Bronx. In 2010, the Department of Transportation released…
Gretchen Hildebran is a filmmaker with a passion for social justice, often distilling the effects of public policy through the lens of human experience. Her documentaries include the internationally screened “Carve” (2003), “Worth Saving” (2004), which was presented in HBO’s Frame by Frame documentary showcase, and “Out in the Heartland” (2005), the story of gay…
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Bronwyn Breitner and James Slade describe how their students reconsidered one of our most familiar architectural spaces, the residence, in the context of the Bronx’s Lower Concourse. |
VOTE!
Tuesday, November 2nd is Election Day — don’t forget to vote! For the procrastinators among us, Gotham Gazette has an election guide, with who’s running, ballot questions, and when and where to show up.
DEATH OF A TUNNEL
It’s final – the ARC tunnel project is…
Image courtesy of Sustainable South Bronx via NPR
With temperatures in the triple digits earlier this week, residents in major cities like New York, Washington and Philadelphia felt the heat more so than those living in more rural areas due to the heat island effect. That…
