Building Out of a Tight Spot

An architect faces New York City's housing crisis and climate crisis, one building at a time.

Queens Close Up

A half century of immigration has continuously layered new urban forms on an otherwise unremarkable landscape.

Transit Oriented

New construction along elevated train lines brings an unprecedented degree of intimacy between private homes and workplaces and passengers in a 24-hour transit system.

The Green Shift

A Building Superintendent

At a West Village Co-Op, the resident manager gets the building — and its residents — ready for rising waters and new climate mandates.

The Green Shift

An Electrician

There is no shortage of work for a member of IBEW Local 3: shoring up building systems to withstand flooding and preparing for an electrification boom.

Accounting for Community

What kind of bank can help secure New York neighborhoods' future? The same small banks that have been doing it all along.

Something Better Than Nothing

A half-century of experiments in private sector solutions to urban problems has brought mixed results and exacerbated inequality. How did we get here?

Cleaning Up?

Getting to Zero

Banned from residences for more than half a century, lead paint still poisons thousands of children a year in New York City. Who is responsible for ensuring healthy homes for all?