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Extra Terrestrial
Capturing Change

Extra Terrestrial

From Freshkills Park's photographer-in-residence, portraits of another world in formation

Jade Doskow
Well-Placed

Teenage Dream

At the annual Anti-Prom, queer and trans teens refashion the New York Public Library’s marble-lioned flagship into a kinder, gentler world.

Helena Najm and Friederike Windel
Cleaning Up?

A Resilience Workshop

A long-term, community-based project brings critical knowledge about risks of contamination and engages local industries as partners in preparedness in the wake of Sandy. But extreme weather is not the only threat to vulnerable businesses.

Saritha Ramakrishna
Another Green Appearance

Another Green Appearance

Architectural adaptations create space for prayer for New York City's growing Muslim communities, transforming townhouses and apartments into more sacred precincts.

Azza Aboualam
Circulation Desk

Second Chances

Recent books explore the potential in underused and overdetermined spaces, from mid-century American city centers and suburban shopping malls to the current glut of vacant retail storefronts and offices.

Joshua McWhirter
Cleaning Up?

Getting to Zero

Banned from residences for more than half a century, lead paint still poisons thousands of children a year in New York City. Who is responsible for ensuring healthy homes for all?

Diana Drogaris and Matthew Chachère
Remediation as Ongoing Process of Recovery and Repair: Bronx River House

The first site of seven in our ongoing “toxic tour” of New York City.

Remediation as Ongoing Process of Recovery and Repair: Bronx River House • Francesca Johanson and Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez

All Fall Down

NYC’s street trees are an inconspicuous infrastructure for public health and collective memory.

The Civic Canopy

New York City's street trees help cool pavement, filter air, buffer against storms, and improve moods. The arborists of NYC Parks are working to distribute those benefits as widely as possible.

Navé Strauss • Apr 13, 2022
Memory Loss
Roots of Memory

Less conspicuous and permanent than statues or sculptures, New York City’s memorial trees register histories that are personal, passed over, or in progress, from intimate loss to climate catastrophe.

Francesca Johanson and Kris Graves • Jul 14, 2021
The Truth About Trees

An artist and a historian talk trees: What they mean, and what it takes to get city-dwellers to see them clearly.

Sonja Dümpelmann and Katie Holten • Mar 13, 2019
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