Instead of our usual Wednesday feature, today we wish you a happy Thanksgiving holiday with an early edition of the weekly Omnibus roundup.

A nocturnal urban hunt, an aural field trip through New York City, listening for the sounds of sirens and what they signify.

Mapping Main Street heads to Flushing for audio-video explorations of Main St. produced by neighborhood students, providing a local snapshot of the nation-wide project.

The city has been abuzz with news of the Bloomberg administration's $95.6 million deal with Thor Equities for 6.9 acres in Coney Island. Read about the details in the city's press release or the New York Times, and then check out

Deborah Grossberg Katz and Terri Chiao explore how small-scale design can address broader social issues through their research on the systemic cycle of homelessness in the city.

Rachel Abrams breaks down the actors, information and knowledge behind the routine experience of taking a NYC taxi, and explains how design thinking can benefit urban systems.