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New York City
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Blank billboards speak to power struggles, policy gaps, and shifting priorities for New York City’s public realm.
The Power Issue
A newspaper from the future imagines how New Yorkers defeat fascism, defend public power, electrify everything, and protect each other from flooding.
Home Valuation
New stories from Mitchell-Lama co-ops and the LA Tenants Union narrate the housing crisis as a struggle for control, and over the true meaning of a home.
Main Character Energy
Since the 1970s, citrus-hued seats in L-shaped arrangements have offered commuters a warm embrace. Where will subway riders find romance when the Tang-toned seats go?
Finding Love in a Hopeless Place
An invitation to think and make cities through the lens of love and care
Love and Longing in Paratransit
The largest transportation system in the country for people with disabilities, New York City's unreliable Access-A-Ride also brings unexpected social connections.
Full House
Stories of making home and community care from co-ops and lofts to adjoined brick houses and wood paneled basements
More Than Skin Deep
Renovated facades provide a window into existential questions for the future of New York City’s public housing.
Who Plans?
Over more than two decades, Hester Street expanded means and methods by which New Yorkers might shape their city. What does the nonprofit's demise mean for the practices of community planning and engagement in the future?