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The Omnibus Roundup – Measuring Urban Prosperity and Inequality, Learning from Occupy, Political Architecture at MoMA, and Repurposing a Bronx River Landmark
by Urban Omnibus • September 21st, 2012
THE STATE OF CITIES: PROSPERITY AND INEQUALITY Earlier this month, UN-Habitat kicked off the Sixth Session of the World Urban Forum...
The Omnibus Roundup – NYU Approved, Freight Rail Revived, Bronx Rail Proposed, Tunnels Bored, Manhattan Waste Managed, Hive Installed, and the Olympic Games through Urbanist-colored Glasses
by Urban Omnibus • July 27th, 2012
NYU ANEW This Wednesday, the New York City Council approved the NYU 2031 proposals by a vote of 44-1, one...
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The Omnibus Roundup – Holly Whyte Way, NYU Compromise, Upstate / Downstate, Infographic Central and This Side of Paradise
by Urban Omnibus • March 30th, 2012
HOLLY WHYTE WAY Since the 1980s, Midtowners in the know have avoided crowds and expedited trips between 57th and 51st...
GDNYU curators Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, Mitchell Joachim in the Gallatin Gallery.
GLOBAL Design | Elsewhere Envisioned
by Jessica Cronstein • June 27th, 2011
On June 10th, I attended part two of NYU’s GLOBAL DESIGN | ELSEWHERE ENVISIONED symposium (part one, which I wasn’t...
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The Omnibus Roundup – Shelters, Prefab Yards, MAS Context and Things to See and Do
by Urban Omnibus • March 18th, 2011
LOW COST, HIGH SPEED SHELTERS The Tokyo-based firm Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA), known for its ecologically sensitive, flexibly programmed structures, is seeking financial support for their effort to help victims displaced by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. SBA plan to deploy simple, cardboard and paper partition shelters, originally...
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The Omnibus Roundup – Taxis, Opportunity Mapped, Secaucus, NYU, Smart Systems
by Urban Omnibus • November 19th, 2010
TAXI OF TOMORROW Want to pick the taxi of tomorrow? The ubiquitous yellow cab is being revamped, and the City is asking New Yorkers to make the final call. At a news conference on Monday, Mayor Bloomberg announced that he is seeking the advice of the project's "most important stakeholders" -- New York City residents -- to choose between three design
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The Omnibus Roundup – more art about cities, NYU 2031 and the Metropolitan Flora Project
by Urban Omnibus • April 8th, 2010
Maybe we have art on our minds more after our featured interview with Spanish artist Roberto Mollá, but we have...
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The Omnibus Roundup – NYU, rezonings, openings and gorgeous traffic visualizations
by Urban Omnibus • March 26th, 2010
It’s been a week of big projects, big plans, and big ideas. New York University has announced the NYU 2031...