Urban Omnibus is less than a week old, and already it’s generating conversation. Our sincere hope is that the conversations that start in response to our features begin to...

You know the one I mean. He may organize community meetings to protest the latest high-rise proposal or solicit your support for the new jobs and new housing he’s bringing to the neighborhood. She might sign for your packages in the bodega or run your community board with compassion and vigor. Maybe he sells old…

The question may seem innocuous, but in a moment at which notions of appropriate scale and contextual architecture are fightin’ words, neighborhood boundaries can make or break urban propositions.