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Architect Peter Gluck and EHS co-founder Ivan Hageman introduce us to a distinctive independent middle school and discuss why the design of learning environments matters.
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A few days ago I wandered through a gigantic Barnes & Noble in a Baltimore mega-mall. Overwhelmed by the acreage and options, I drifted down the aisles: Literature. Astrology. Manga. Cooking. Investing. When I saw a section labeled ‘Urban Fiction’, I got excited and rushed toward it, imagining a bookshelf bursting with paranoid novels by JG…
Last week we celebrated our first year of being online, which also means it's been one year since we shared one of our very first features, a multi-part video and audio piece that chronicled the Reinventing Grand Army Plaza design competition organized by the Design Trust for Public Space and…
"How come it's easier to find fresh fruits and vegetables in Brooklyn Heights than in the South Bronx?" To answer this question and others, our friends at the Center for Urban Pedagogy worked with local high school students at New Settlement's Bronx Helpers to produce a 29-minute video…
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Urban Omnibus wishes you a happy holiday season with a special Christmas/New Year's roundup. See you in 2010!
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Mapping Main Street heads to Flushing for some audio-video explorations of Main Street produced by neighborhood students, providing a local snapshot of the nation-wide project.
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This week, Museum of the Phantom City designers Irene Cheng and Brett Snyder talked about unbuilt city visions and app inspiration with us. We now have word that Irene's appearance on Morning Edition with Soterios Johnson is set for Monday morning, October 26. So tune in and get your phantom on with NPR...
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For five years this collaborative has worked to address the challenge of increasing immigrant involvement in city parks. Check out their work and hear from two participants.
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Steven Jones lives 12 blocks from the Queens County border, in Cambria Heights — “the edge.” Even though it takes him longer than most to get into the city, he still leaves earlier than he needs to. He told us that he leaves at the crack of dawn to cut down on stress and the number of encounters with fellow commuters.
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Listen to designers reflect on how their work explores implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture and urban space.
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