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Planning
What Jail Can't Do
Frank Greene and Kenneth Ricci discuss the changing paradigms of half a century of justice architecture and what we should ask — and expect — from courts and jails.
Underexposed | 4
Hidden in Central Park, the remains of a 19th century reservoir that fell out of fashion.
Who Makes the Many Harlems?
Integration without gentrification? Self-determination without segregation? Who has the power to determine Harlem’s future?
Planning for the Worst
Four tales of the cities that arise from moral and environmental disaster. Can we ever really start anew?
Codes of Conduct
Happy Birthday, zoning! The codes may have changed over 101 years, but as Andrea Renner and Eric Goldwyn explain, when it comes to how New Yorkers use zoning to advance their own visions of a perfect city, much remains the same.
Making Sense of Model Cities
Historians of and planners from the era of Model Cities give their take on the lessons and legacies of this often-overlooked program.
Model Cities Redux
As the city makes moves to improve housing in Mott Haven, Susanne Schindler finds that current approaches bear a strong resemblance to long-forgotten efforts there.
Building Back the Bungalow
After Superstorm Sandy, a historic housing style is on the brink of extinction on Staten Island's East Shore. A. F. Brady explores what stands to be lost, and gained, in government efforts to rebuild the area after the storm.