Every borough has its own fabled histories, idiosyncratic residents and constantly negotiated neighborhoods. This summer, WNYC is running Borough Tales, a series that explores the legends and quirks of each borough and invites listeners to ask questions of some passionate borough historians… 
Food, urban farming and policy are on our minds this week, (by the way — Foodprint NYC is still on, snowstorm or no snowstorm), and it looks like the issues are peaking interest near and far: Architecture Lab reports on…
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Sarah Rich and Nicola Twilley discuss the impact of food systems on the physical city in advance of Foodprint NYC, an event at Studio-X. |
Seems you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing mention of urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is where the politics of food production, the sustainability of food distribution, the use of public space, and the health of both our bodies and our communities all come together. So when it’s done right…
As week two of rescue and recovery began in Haiti, the design community began to weigh in on what shape reconstruction should take. But before that can take place, what Haiti needs most of all is money. The best intentions do not…
Urban agriculture meets the Floating Pool: GOOD Magazine visits the Science Barge, a floating farm and environmental education center where produce is grown through sustainable hydroponics, and visitors are taught how to implement the practice on their own rooftops. No rooftop access? Didn’t stop…
We swear we will stop talking about the Gowanus for a while after this week (maybe). But you have to admit, it’s pretty darn interesting. The political and environmental intricacy of the the Superfund debate, encapsulated in our Goo Gone event earlier this week, is only part of the fascination. The…
The Roundup keeps you up to date with topics we’ve featured, and other goings on at the intersection of design and New York City’s built environment.
After public consideration of competing visions for Coney Island’s future, the City’s plan for the iconic seaside
This week on the Omnibus, the city’s much anticipated closing of Broadway’s midtown blocks spearheaded by DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan was heralded as a manifold success: relief for traffic circulation! A triumph for public space — moveable chaises…
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Deborah Greig, Urban Agriculture Coordinator for East New York Farms!, explains the history of the organization in the context of the neighborhood. |
