chashama: Space to Create
Anita Durst and Kim Schnaubert talk about how we can support artists and improve the economic and cultural vitality of our cities by repurposing under-utilized and empty spaces.
The Omnibus Roundup - Commutes Revealed, Teachers Housed, Prisons Recycled, Design for Governors Island, Paint a Mural and Pet a Robot
GLOWING COMMUTER ROUTES The inherent elegance of New York City's transportation network might not be obvious to everyone. So, we're lucky that creative minds, like those of the animators and designers at 422 South, can make us marvel at the complexity of our urban systems. For the PBS series...
The East River Blueway Plan
Adam Lubinsky discusses a range of urban planning strategies and design opportunities to help get New Yorkers into the waters of the East River.
The Omnibus Roundup - Seward Park, Mayoral Race Transit Talk, Harvesting Methane and Studying Smart Phones
AFTER 40 YEARS SPURA MIGHT BE GETTING DEVELOPED The 1960s saw huge swaths of New York City cleared in the name of Urban Renewal. The legacy of population displacement and towers-in-the-park housing is still apparent along the shorelines of the Lower East Side and the East Village, but some lots were cleared and never built out. The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), a five lot, seven acre, city-owned plot on Delancey...
Making Buildings Work: The Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center
The CEO of the city’s first non-profit industrial developer discusses how his organization creates space for a new generation of urban manufacturing in New York City.
Field Trip to Dutch Kills Green | May 23, 2012
Join Urban Omnibus and the Design Trust for Public Space for a field trip to Dutch Kills Green, a one-acre public space at the eastern end of Queens Plaza. Wednesday, May 23, 6:30pm.