We are celebrating 15 years — and counting — of stories that are deeply researched and deeply felt, that build a historical record of what the city has been.
Join the New City Critics for a publication launch and conversation.
Wednesday, June 17
6:00 – 8:00 pm
DCTV
87 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013
Free and open to all. RSVP here
This year’s New City Critics have looked at the many lives of urban spaces — from the off-grid to the heavily planned — and how we traverse and make sense of them. In these final pieces, suffused with their distinct points of view, the fellows train their attention on subjects as disparate as Mamdani’s Carhartt jacket, attempts to transform the sinking Jewel Streets, the rise of Temu and New York City’s Industrial Business Zones, the increasingly frequent role of Ubers as makeshift ambulances, cutting across the city’s predetermined pathways in pursuit of desire, and aspirations of circularity in urban construction projects.
Please join us in celebrating the conclusion of the fellowship and launch of their publication, City en Regalia, guest edited by Elizabeth Greenspan and designed and printed by a83. In conversation, the six fellows will share insights into their process and problematics.
The 2025–2026 New City Critics Fellows are Jessica Angima, Enrique Aureng Silva, Amanda Chen, Saritha Ramakhrishna, Olivia Fu, and Lucas Vaqueiro.
The views expressed here are those of the authors only and do not reflect the position of The Architectural League of New York.
Dispatches from the New City Critics fellows: new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and build our cities.
