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Queens
The Jamaica Bay Greenway: A Resilient Ring for Southern Brooklyn and the Rockaways
New York's own regional loop could be part of a larger strategy for long-term resilience in adjacent communities.
Anti-Fragile: The Uncertain Future of Arverne East
Jonathan Tarleton and Gabriel Silberblatt consider the future of Arverne East — 81-acres of vacant, City-owned land in the Rockaways — and tease out distinct visions of how this public asset might be put toward public purpose.
Flux City
Chris Reed shares work from a Harvard GSD landscape architecture studio that considers how productive ecologies drive the development of urban form and uses Jamaica Bay as a case study for exploring the opportunities of richly fluid territories.
Portfolio: Electchester
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, Cameron Blaylock photographs Electchester in Pomonok, Queens.
Lessons from Rockaway: What to Save from the Flood
In a personal reflection on growing up in middle-class Rockaway, Yael Friedman calls for more nuanced understanding of how planning for a more resilient city can — and must — incorporate more than environmental concerns alone.