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Metropolitan Avenue: Community, Then and Now
by Jonathan Tarleton • March 13th, 2013
A few hours before I went to see Christine Noschese’s 1985 documentary Metropolitan Avenue at local documentary arts center UnionDocs,...
Writing the City
Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts: Corona, Queens
by Caitlin Blanchfield • March 13th, 2013
In the first in a series of profiles of Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts, Caitlin Blanchfield reports on how a robust network of community-based groups in Corona, Queens, has put local cultural vitality and institutional partnerships to work in reclaiming a public space for neighborhood use.
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We Want it Back: Reclaiming the Bronx River
by Urban Omnibus • January 9th, 2013
Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi, of SLO Architecture, discuss the power of long-term community engagement, their proposal for an abandoned train station, and the potential of a long neglected river to connect the Bronx and the entire city.
Act Local
The Cultural Organizer as Urbanist: A Conversation with José Serrano-McClain
by Urban Omnibus • December 5th, 2012
An artist, community organizer, and social entrepreneur discusses museum-community partnerships, crowdfunding public art, and emerging trends in socially engaged creative projects.
Writing the City
Cities and Climate Change: Small Enough to Act, Big Enough to Matter
by Shin-pei Tsay • September 26th, 2012
Shin-pei Tsay calls on urbanists to better communicate the crucial role cities can play in addressing the global challenges of climate change.
Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – EDC Violations, Transportation Bill Decisions, Playground Designs, Boardwalk Remnants, Neighborland Ideas and a Bronx Greenway
by Urban Omnibus • July 6th, 2012
NOT-FOR-LOBBY The Economic Development Corporation has spearheaded Mayor Bloomberg’s highest profile economic and public works initiatives over the past decade....
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Planning Corps on Queens Boulevard
by Shin-pei Tsay • February 8th, 2012
Shin-pei Tsay describes how a group of volunteer urban planners collaborated to help local stakeholders argue for road safety improvements to Queens Boulevard and to redefine how planners can engage directly with communities.
Left: constructing a public interest design project in Brooklyn | Right: Bryan Bell leading a workshop and presentation
Forum • Live Events
Public Interest Design: Register Today for January Training Program
by Urban Omnibus • December 13th, 2011
Before Urban Omnibus went live, we co-hosted a weekend-long event that invited teams to design a project in the public interest and build it from found materials in two days. The event was led by Bryan Bell, on the occasion of the launch of his 2008 book Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, which surveys the field of "creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good." Bell, founder of Design Corps and co-founder of SEED, has been working towards a better understanding...
Act Local
Urban Design Week
by Urban Omnibus • September 14th, 2011
IfUD's Anne Guiney tells us what to expect from an upcoming weeklong festival celebrating New York's public realm and showing how design can make it better.
Walks and Talks
Questioning the Car: A Walk with Mark Gorton
by Urban Omnibus • August 31st, 2011
Transportation and livable streets advocate Mark Gorton explains why the car is a flawed technology for cities and shares his vision for a mostly auto-free New York.
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