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by Samuel Stein • February 13th, 2013
Samuel Stein argues against Major League Soccer's proposed stadium in Queens and asks "who exactly will benefit from yet another stadium in the park"?
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Conversations on New York #2: Dan Doctoroff
by Cassim Shepard • July 13th, 2010
A recap of the second of the League's Conversations on New York, with Dan Doctoroff, former NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, and Paul Goldberger, architecture critic for The New Yorker.
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Conversations on New York #1: Alexander Garvin
by Matthew Storrie • July 7th, 2010
Matthew Storrie recaps the first of the Architectural League's "Conversations on New York" with Alexander Garvin. Check it out and then join the League THIS THURSDAY for a rare chance to hear Dan Doctoroff and Paul Goldberger discuss the past decade of development and the challenges facing the city looking forward from 2010.
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June 17, 2010: Conversations on New York #1 with Garvin, Genevro & Sorkin
by Urban Omnibus • June 15th, 2010
Many urbanists have characterized the years leading up to the current financial crisis as a return of the big vision...
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Forum • Roundup
The Omnibus Roundup – another plaza, transit ridership, apps for architects, WTC in 4D and Coney
by Urban Omnibus • April 30th, 2010
Union Square is the latest stretch of Broadway that might soon become another one of Bloomberg’s “signature open-air concrete parks,” pedestrianized and plaza-ified...
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Arrested Development Recap
by Matthew Storrie • November 15th, 2009
If economic troubles haven’t already prompted us to reassess current development trends, a panel that assembled November 7 at Cooper...
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The Omnibus Roundup – 3rd terms, megaprojects, rights of way, energy pavement & wonderwheels
by Urban Omnibus • November 6th, 2009
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