Next Tuesday, the Architectural League will host a talk by Andrew Whalley, who heads up the New York Office of the international architecture firm Grimshaw Architects. Many of this firm's current and recent work has Urban Omni-love written all over it, from the expansion of the Queens Museum of Art…

Everyone knows that the rooftops of New York are the city's most underutilized real estate asset. But while convincing your landlord to install that bamboo roofdeck might be a challenge, telling her to paint it white should, in theory, be an easy sell. Climate change implications aside, it saves money. According to…

The Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we’ve featured, and other things we think are worth knowing about. First off, save the date: on Tuesday, July 7th, please come and join us and our friends and neighbors, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)…

The Omnibus Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we’ve featured, and other things we think are worth knowing about. This week on the Omnibus, the city's much anticipated closing of Broadway's midtown blocks spearheaded by DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan

The Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we've featured and other things we think are worth knowing about. While we're talking about subway rides, take a look at three (1, 2, 3) visualizations of subway ridership in New York…

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…