Neighborhood

Piecing together land use laws from coast to coast, the National Zoning Atlas illustrates the need for reform.

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

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

Geologic processes, local histories, and centuries of labor converge on a project suggesting new possibilities of reuse.

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.

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.

Creating 3,000 more places to go can be transformative for people's dignity and the quality of the public realm. But actually implementing a citywide restroom network requires solutions that address each neighborhood's specific needs.

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.

The past and the present, the factual and the virtual, the foreign and the personal, are all layered in a New York portrait painted from a D-train dérive.

After half a century as a sanctuary for Indigenous people in New York City, the American Indian Community House still seeks a permanent home.