Landscape designer David Seiter champions the ecological and aesthetic benefits of informal plants - weeds - in urban space, and catalogues the uses and cultural significance of New York's native flora.

David Briggs and Anthony Deen share the winning designs from the first of a series of competitions that address the challenges of developing contaminated urban areas.

COUNTING VACANT SPACES Hunter College’s Center for Community Development Planning and advocacy group Picture the Homeless (PTH) are the first in...

Tickets are still available for next Tuesday's Urban Omnibus Party and Auction -- don't miss it! Tickets start at $25; $30 at the door. Buy yours today. Stay tuned for a preview of the works included in the silent auction... INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE Also next week, an impressive collection of minds from technology, government, architecture and academia will convene...

Urban designer Kaja Kühl illustrates how to use plants to clean up contaminated sites, a cost-effective way to add productive, healthy land to the City’s environment.