Infrastructure

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

A recently uncovered album reveals some of New York City parks' least exposed precincts — their public bathrooms.

In Mott Haven, a building's true purpose hides behind facsimile stoops and windows.

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

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

Underwater and out of sight, electricity moves between boroughs through tunnels designed to weather the storm.

Mayor de Blasio promises to close the Rikers Island jail complex in ten years. But what comes next? A look at the island’s history reveals clues — and cautions.

Traces of a private water supply system, only recently decommissioned, extend across southeastern Queens.

Climate change is real, and happening now — but exactly what that means for coastal cities is surprisingly uncertain. Engineers at Princeton’s Form Finding Lab choose flexibility over fortification to protect coastal cities from flooding.

How can we define the “criminal justice system”? What is it, where is it, and what are all of the things that it does?