The women on stage engaged in conversation about their role in the city and the embedded possibilities in the urban condition as if channeling Jacobs.

Photos from the Architectural League / Urban Omnibus projects at the 2013 IDEAS CITY StreetFest.

A preview of the upcoming IDEAS CITY Festival that explores the future of cities around the globe with the belief that arts and culture make urban centers better places to live, work, and play, including two projects from the Architectural League: Little Free Library/NYC and Typecast.

Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers opens this week at at the Museum of the City of New York and will run from January 23rd through September 15th. Two public programs related to this exhibition, on January 24th and February 7th, will be of particular interest to Omnibus readers.

Rosalie Genevro, and Gregory Wessner, visited the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale and began to discuss with each other reactions and favorite moments.