How to Map New York City

A lot of art and a little science went into representing fifteen years of Urban Omnibus stories on a map of New York City.

Call for Applications: New City Critics 2024

A fellowship program to empower new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and develop our cities.

On Island Time

As tides and storms bring big changes to the cityscape, what landmass is most likely to become New York's next island?

In Absentia

Where street trees have gone missing, sculptural assemblages punctuate the pavement.

State of Play

New York City's only adventure playground is a beloved destination. But it's also a proposition to make room for free play across the city, from street to schoolyard.

A New Harvest

Herbs and berries are free for the picking along the Bronx River Foodway. But the public place for foraging is also a pathway to stronger connections with local ecologies and community self-determination.

Turning the Tide

Where can queer and trans community flourish, if not at Riis Beach? Yet current plans for its future don't account for the people it has sustained for decades.

Landscape Orientation

An artist makes her books by walking. Their pages unfold in ways as unusual and idiosyncratic as the city itself.