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Video
A Day in the Life of Branch Libraries
A video offers a powerful case for why libraries need additional resources to extend opening hours.
Video: A Country of Cities
From 2009-2011, Vishaan Chakrabarti wrote a series of opinion pieces here on Urban Omnibus arguing that urban density can be the answer to many of the nation's most pressing contemporary issues. He has since expanded...
Montage City: Edge Conditions
Three student videos investigate borders and urban transitions along 58th Street in Manhattan, aboard the Staten Island Ferry, and within the Hub in the Bronx.
Why is the Broadway Triangle Still Empty?
Meg Kelly explores the controversy behind the stalled redevelopment of the Broadway Triangle, raising questions about the political geography of housing and ethnic integration in a North Brooklyn border zone.
Pulses of Light Beneath the Streets
A book about the Internet's physical infrastructure inspires a closer look at how fiber optic cables are woven — literally — into the city's fabric.
Appreciating the City: Steve Duncan's Undercity
Don't mind me, I'm just holding a large crowbar while standing near a sewer entrance in the middle of the night.
MyBlockNYC
Two of the co-founders of an innovative “video map” of New York discuss personal expression, urban exploration and the civic possibilities of video.
City of Systems: Waste Removal
In our final video on complex urban systems, writer Elizabeth Royte offers a snapshot of the past, present and future of what happens to New Yorkers' trash once it leaves the curb.