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A first look at a new initiative, developed by the Noguchi Museum and Socrates Sculpture Park, that invites artist-led teams to propose visions for the future of Long Island City. |
LES LOW LINE
The Lower East Side might be getting a new park. The proposed project, the Delancey Underground, would repurpose the the abandoned underground Williamsburg Bridge Railway Terminal in an effort to inject some green space into one of the least green neighborhoods in the city and to join the ranks of the High Line in reimagining disused infrastructure. The subterranean wonderland lit by…
MEET ME IN A BOWL
Times Square is now host to an outdoor urban furniture installation titled “Meeting Bowls,” created in partnership with the Times Square Alliance and design firm mmmm… The Meeting Bowls are three, 8-person, slatted bowls (highly reminiscent of salad spinners), which are meant to offer a place for intimate social experiences in the midst of one of the city’s busiest spaces. The…
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…
Last month, we told you about the upcoming Architectural League/Museum of the City of New York exhibition The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan when we posted information about the League’s Call for Ideas (still open — deadline September …
ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC
The Department of Transportation has announced a new program to combat traffic congestion in Midtown with a $1.6 million real-time traffic management system: Midtown In Motion. Through a system of microwave sensors, cameras and EZ-Pass readers, DOT …
About four years ago, a latent pattern of unethical, self-interested and surreptitious decision-making reared its head to wreak havoc in the American housing market. Americans were living on a dream buoyed by false hope: we thought we could have it …
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Architectural historian Nina Rappaport analyzes the evolution of factory design and calls for the reintegration of urban industry into the fabric of our cities. |
FESTIVAL OF IDEAS FOR THE NEW CITY: THIS WEEKEND!
There’s so much happening this weekend at the Festival of Ideas for the New City! Check out our more in-depth coverage of the event and below, some of the weekend’s highlights:
THE OMNIBUS BOOTH We hope you’ve caught sight of our 50 Ideas for the New City Posters around town…
