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.

 
   
Author

Urban Omnibus

Roundup — Luxury Towers in the Park, Hope for Moynihan Station, East River Blueway, A Place to Live, Heartwalk, and What's In The Water

Urban Omnibus • Feb 08, 2013

Call for Essays: Fuzzy Math

Announcing a juried competition for essays that reflect on the topic of cost, metrics, and measurement in urban life. Deadline: March 22, 2013
Urban Omnibus • Feb 07, 2013

Roundup — East Harlem, T Line Progress, Strip the City, Pier 40, a Boat Trip Through Time, Waterproofing New York, Ruins of Modernity, and a Scavenger Hunt

Urban Omnibus • Feb 01, 2013

Roundup — adAPT NYC, a Brooklyn Plaza, the Radio City of Brooklyn, Sandy Updates, 1913 Prices, Learning from Modernism and Stoller Beyond Architecture

Urban Omnibus • Jan 25, 2013

Making Room at the Museum of the City of New York

Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers opens this week at at the Museum of the City of New York and will run from January 23rd through September 15th. Two public programs related to this exhibition, on January 24th and February 7th, will be of particular interest to Omnibus readers.
Urban Omnibus • Jan 21, 2013

Roundup — High Bridge Groundbreaking, Cleaning up the Gowanus, Slower Subways, Sunlit Buildings, Sandy Updates, Birders, Cinebeasts and Landmarkss

Urban Omnibus • Jan 18, 2013

Vacant Lots: Then and Now

In 1987, the League launched a design study to examine the potential of small-scale infill housing to contribute to the city’s affordable housing portfolio. We look back at what was proposed, and what was built instead.

Architecture, Housing, Landscape
Urban Omnibus • Jan 16, 2013

Roundup — SPURA RFP, Simpler Signs, the Pothole Gang, Chelsea Wi-Fi, Sandy Updates, Trash Dance, and Lowering the Cost of Housing

Urban Omnibus • Jan 11, 2013

We Want it Back: Reclaiming the Bronx River

Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi, of SLO Architecture, discuss the power of long-term community engagement, their proposal for an abandoned train station, and the potential of a long neglected river to connect the Bronx and the entire city.

Architecture
Urban Omnibus • Jan 09, 2013

Roundup — More Residences at BBP, Microhousing for Affordability, More Controversy at the NYPL, the East River Ferry, more Sandy News, The Clock, and Where (We) Live

Urban Omnibus • Dec 21, 2012
Previous
Next