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PUBLIC SUMMER @ SUPERFRONT party pics

This past Saturday, SUPERFRONT celebrated the opening of PUBLIC SUMMER, the hula hoop canopy installation designed by KIT for New York City Explorers’ Carnival. And by the look of the photos below, good times were had by all.

The design for this canopy was selected at a Sketch120 charrette hosted…

Touring Roosevelt Island

Yesterday was a beautiful day for wandering along Roosevelt Island’s waterfront. The Omnibus team and fifty of our friends spent the afternoon learning about the history of the masterplan, seeing one of the infamous pneumatic trash chutes in action, and getting a guided tour of the Fast Trash!

Roosevelt Island Meet-up this Sunday, 5/16, at 2pm

On Sunday, May 16th, do not miss a rare opportunity to explore Roosevelt Island with one of its masterplanners and then enjoy a guided tour of an exhibition that unveils the Island’s best kept secret: it’s trash collection system is straight out of the Jetsons… But what’s cool about…

Phantom City Recap

Saturday afternoon, a group of Omnibus readers, WNYC listeners, and assorted unbuilt city enthusiasts gathered in Bryant Park to listen to Museum of the Phantom City designers Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder talk about how their app…

Atlantic-Pacific Recap

Wednesday night, Urban Omnibus, WNYC and friends gathered at the Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street subway station to do exactly what every New Yorker tells you to never do: we stood still in a large group in the middle of a busy subway…

Red Lines Tour next week!

On September 24, don’t miss an opportunity to tour Red Lines: Housing Crisis Learning Center with the artist who conceived and designed the exhibit, Damon Rich, and with Queens Museum curator Larissa Harris. The tour, presented by the Architectural League, will be at 3:30 p.m. at…

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