CENSUS MAPS
This week, the Census Bureau released its first 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, based on data about economic and social trends collected from 2005-2009. The ACS is an annual survey that gathers information from a sampling of US citizens to evaluate of economic and social…
Open House New York is unlocking doors and waiving admission fares all across the city this weekend. Have you signed up to explore Bayside’s Fort Totten? A peak inside the Chrysler Building? A Cathedral tour of St John the Divine? From historic homes to botanic…
“Honey, do we have any plans this weekend?” “Well, I was quite hoping we could take a psychogeographic drift down 8th Street.”
This weekend’s Conflux Festival sets out with the goal of turning the streets of the East Village into a laboratory…
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Neil Freeman and Todd Shalom discuss walking through the city as a medium of art, poetics and urban awareness. |
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Linda Pollak investigates mysterious carvings in the sidewalks of Lower Manhattan and finds that they have much to teach us about the ways natural forces determine urban form. |
This week New York City was fascinated by the unearthing of a portion of an 18th Century ship during excavation at the World Trade Center site. CityRoom provided an account of the discovery and of the urgency of its archaeological …
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Kirsten Hively visits the Candela Structures, relics of the 1964/5 World’s Fair, and encourages us to investigate the stories behind our city’s forgotten structures and spaces. |
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FASLANYC visits Floyd Bennett Field and finds an example of park use that references the site’s unique history and demonstrates the changing nature of recreation. |
Yesterday was a beautiful day for wandering along Roosevelt Island’s waterfront. The Omnibus team and fifty of our friends spent the afternoon learning about the history of the masterplan, seeing one of the infamous pneumatic trash chutes in action, and …
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Juliette Spertus discusses her exhibit – which combines infrastructure, New York history and alternative urban futures – about Roosevelt Island’s trash collection system. |
