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Two of the co-founders of an innovative “video map” of New York discuss personal expression, urban exploration and the civic possibilities of video. |
Over the past year, a growing number of online platforms devoted to civic improvements have been launched in cities nationwide, many of them right here in New York. The Institute for Urban Design launched By the City / For the City, asking New Yorkers to generate ideas on how… 
In September 2009, Steven Romalewski, director of the CUNY Mapping Service at the Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center, took us on a tour of the Open Accessible Space Information System (OASIS), version 2.0. At its simplest, OASIS is an online interactive map that visualizes information about open space and land use…
This weekend marked the convergence of transit gurus, software developers, and private and public service experts for the inaugural TransportationCamp, a weekend-long “unconference” presented by OpenPlans with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. The event — featuring group tours of transportation facilities, talks from industry leaders, and self-propelled discussion sessions — aimed to unite transit professionals and self-proclaimed…
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Carol Coletta and Jake Barton discuss an interactive project that seeks to reinvent public participation in America for the 21st century. |
FILM FESTIVAL
This weekend the Architecture and Design Film Festival presents an intriguing spectrum of 40 films that “cover an incredible range of design-oriented topics, from architecture and urban design to graphics and product design,” says architect and festival co-director Kyle Bergman. Tickets are on sale for the screenings, discussions
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Haruka Horiuchi and Frank Hebbert started a project to map all the residential buildings in New York with proper names. Find out what they’re up to and contribute names and photos of buildings you know. |
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Jennifer Pahlka, founder of a non-profit that links city governments and web 2.0 talent, envisions a future in which city governments act more like the citizens they serve. |
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Adam Greenfield ponders the ways citizens call out trouble spots in the urban landscape and asks how we might redesign the performance of that landscape itself. |
Erratic time lines, gaps in outdated information and incompatible forms often frustrate the process of locating and accessing data from city agencies. Even learning what data exists – let alone its availability – may require some serious mining. Besides, once researchers and tech developers get their hands on data, the city may have its own ideas about…
