Housing
A Year in Property
An artist chronicles her daily life through the lens of property. From homes to household goods, are we condemned to be defined by what we own?
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.
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.
The Inside Story
Images of public housing interiors decorated with love and care preserve family memories and public history, and document style as an act of resistance.
What Colors Are the Crabgrass?
New books chronicle US suburbs' divergence from their mythical origin scenes of verdant lawns and white picket fences — and detail how social struggles have always been part of their story.
News from Home
Reported from the imaginations of those on the front lines of New York City's housing struggles, a newspaper from the future brings tidings of homes for all.
Meet the 2024-2025 New City Critics Fellows
New City Critics fellows — architects, journalists, artists, a city planner and a rapper among them — will be training a critical gaze on New York City over the next nine months.
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.