Awnings, cisterns, and icehouses — defunct minor infrastructures — inspire speculative proposals for a more intentional give-and-take between the built and natural environments.

What is the path forward to contend with historic and contemporary harms of urban highways across the country, and to honor the needs and desires of contemporary residents? Insights from a conversation on the Cross Bronx, the BQE, and the road to more just transportation infrastructures.

Polluted and repressed, the buried streams of Flushing Creek will once again see the light of day.

A very short story debates two long-term visions for vital infrastructure in Queens.

What if New York City’s public pools were open all year long?

Preserving and propagating the city's autochthonous flora, Staten Island's Greenbelt Native Plant Center is at the center of an unseen infrastructure of ecological restoration and climate adaptation.

With school buildings ill-equipped to face the climate crisis, students advocate for retrofits and greener, healthier buildings.

Urban agriculture today extends from small community gardens to commercial hydroponics. New York City seeks to cultivate its many benefits.

Organized labor navigates a changing climate as power plants transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Herbs and berries are free for the picking along the Bronx River Foodway. But the public place for foraging is also a pathway to stronger connections with local ecologies and community self-determination.