Bright Megaphone

With simple phrases beamed in light, the Illuminator Collective appropriates buildings' exteriors to reveal the forces at work inside.

Intersections: Going Out

See and Be Seen

When safe space is hard to find, art and events collective Papi Juice gives queer and trans people of color a home — and a soundtrack — for the night.

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In the middle of a paved Midtown park, tunnel air whirs through 46 huge fans.

Intersections: Going Out

Muted Monumentality

A new Monument to Gay and Transgender People merges strength and fragility, as well as communion and isolation, by the banks of the Hudson River.

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In West Harlem, a wastewater treatment plants hides beneath a 28-acre state park.

Keith's Kids

The stylized figures of Keith Haring have spread across the world, but his radical vision hasn’t always travelled with them.

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In Long Island City, stunted electrical poles mark some of the city's most contested real estate.

Call for Proposals: Urban Wild Writer Residency

We seek a writer to explore and interpret the contemporary urban landscape where highways meet gas wells, herons, and kayakers.

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Architecture, art, and infrastructure once collided on this now vacant stretch in Coney Island.

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A gas plant and five-star hotel scratch the surface of one Williamsburg block.