Landmarking has long been one of the few tools available to preserve a building. Can historic preservation adapt to protect affordability and utility alongside cornices and columns?

Up a marble staircase, in the attic of City Hall, a trio of civil servants steward an eclectic archive of city objects.

In the shadow of the Flatiron, a writer spends an hour conducting her own public space audit.

With a fragment of the Tokyo Nakagin Capsule Tower preserved for posterity, a MoMA exhibition provides more than one perspective on planned obsolescence.

Posting the experiences of shelter residents and staff in the public realm, artist Alex Strada creates a walking meditation on the right to housing.

A contemporary "bathhouse" draws on ancient traditions to heighten experience, but is untethered from the more convivial aspects of bathing culture.

At an experiment in collective dining, sitting between food justice and conspicuous consumption

Where maritime industry once thrived, and where a tunnel was thwarted, New York’s submarine species make homes in the shadow of waterfront development.

A small task force listens in on an obscure city soundtrack to maintain a century-old water system.

Multiple spins on an elaborate underwater-themed carousel reveal the importance of wonder in the public realm.