A half century of immigration has continuously layered new urban forms on an otherwise unremarkable landscape.

New construction along elevated train lines brings an unprecedented degree of intimacy between private homes and workplaces and passengers in a 24-hour transit system.

A seafood purveyor builds a sustainable business amidst rising and heating oceans and insatiable demand.

It's complicated inside New York City's 99 cent stores, where creativity and exploitation coexist.

The esthetics of the public sector workplace are mundane, comical, absurd, and constantly navigating the tensions of liberal democracy.

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

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

Designed for other uses and users, Corona Plaza has become a critical infrastructure for streetside selling. In the face of economic and legal pressures, vendors are organizing themselves and the space to ensure both individual survival and collective prosperity.

After a historic oil spill and an unprecedented financial settlement, a Brooklyn community oversees its ecological repair.

With origins in a massive underground oil spill, the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is seeding future generations of neighborhood activists.