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 works, what happens when architects collaborate with app developers, and their curatorial process. The app, thanks to Irene…

People are pretty psyched about the Museum of the Phantom City, the iPhone app that Brett Snyder and Irene Cheng developed and discussed with us here. So we're going to get together with Brett, Irene and our WNYC friends this Saturday, October 31, to explore the app and talk about…

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...

Atlantic Avenue – Pacific Street is a station where ten (ten!) subway lines converge. (Only nine come together at Times Square – 42nd Street, the system’s busiest station). Don’t miss an opportunity – next Wednesday at 6:30 - to wander through the station with residents, subway station enthusiasts, and with a few…

A crowd of 100 assembled at the Old American Can Factory to join us and the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) for a different kind of Superfund conversation..

Nearly 50 people came out to join the teams from Urban Omnibus, the Design Trust for Public Space, and WNYC’s Cityscapes for a fascinating exploration of the Grand Concourse...

UPDATE: Unfortunately, mother nature did not have our walking tour on her calendar today.   Due to inclement weather, the potluck and walking tour of the Grand Concourse has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, June 16th.  The walking tour will begin at 6:30pm and the potluck dinner will start…

On a brisk evening last month, nearly a hundred Cityscapes and Omnibus enthusiasts showed up at the edge of Brooklyn’s Newtown Creek for WNYC/Urban Omnibus’ first meet-up: a walk with environmental sculptor George Trakas. On June 9th we’re doing it again...

The first impromptu Omnibus meet-up, thanks in large part to our friends at WNYC, was a huge success. More than 80 people showed up to explore the Newtown Creek Nature Walk with its designer, artist and longtime creek explorer George Trakas. George graciously shared design strategies, local histories and anecdotes from a ten-year…