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Queens
Archipelago
This original Urban Omnibus-produced video explores a day in the life of five New York neighborhoods: Hunts Point, Jamaica, Mariner’s Harbor, Downtown Brooklyn, and Chelsea.
Bringing Basements to Code
Seema Agnani’s work with South Asian immigrants on housing needs charts a course for legalizing basement apartments to create affordable housing.
Mapping Main Street: Flushing, Queens
Mapping Main Street heads to Flushing for audio-video explorations of Main St. produced by neighborhood students, providing a local snapshot of the nation-wide project.
“Any place can become a park” – thoughts from Adrian Benepe
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe shares thoughts on recent and upcoming additions to the city's collection of parks on unlikely sites.
George Trakas at the Water’s Edge: Newtown Creek
Artist and longtime creek explorer George Trakas shows us around the Nature Walk he designed at Newtown Creek.