For Open City, Peggy Lee has written about the food politics of the lunchtime rush and the Chinatown Soundscape Series, which investigates karaoke and gentrification,  among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For an overview of the project, click …

For Open City, Cristiana Baik has written about Bush Terminal and Industry City, city nomenclature, and social justice organizing in Queens among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For an overview of the project, click here

For Open City, Jerome Chou has written about the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Deli Gentrification and the proliferation of art galleries in the Lower East Side, among other topics. Find out more about his approach to this process in the interview below. For an overview of the project…

For Open City, Deanna Fei has written about Tai Chi in Kissena Park, the short stories of Ha Jin, and the Chinese New Year parade in Flushing, the neighborhood where she grew up. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For an overview of…

For Open City, Sahar Muradi has written about Afghan fare in Flushing, the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, and poetry, among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For an overview of the project, click here.

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Spanish-born, Rotterdam-based artist Lara Almarcegui’s Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River — at Ludlow38 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side — carves an interdisciplinary niche at the intersection of photography, urban studies, and performance — a terrain every bit as ambiguous and enticing as the urban…