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City Government

This Is a Rehearsal

With democratic institutions and processes at a nadir, a playwright considers the public meeting's mise-en-scene. How might artists help perform power when we are out of practice?

Romantic Urbanism

Try a Little Tenderness

A speculative municipal bureaucracy offers infrastructure for emotional support.

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.

New City Critics

The Real Counterfeit

A 15-story stack of Louis Vuitton branded suitcases claiming to be scaffolding landed on Fifth Avenue in November. But reading the structure through the lens of the building code raises questions about our grasp on reality and the rule of law.

Who Plans?

Over more than two decades, Hester Street expanded means and methods by which New Yorkers might shape their city. What does the nonprofit's demise mean for the practices of community planning and engagement in the future?

On the City Stage

A modest, mid-block midtown building repurposed as a municipal arts center, City Center represented a monumental effort to support a program of arts for all. But how much can a building achieve?

《地方創生與維護- 華埠的人、地方和文化表徵》

紐約華埠的地方營造方案早已提倡修建一座雕塑拱門。然而這種被發明的傳統能否反映出華埠如今的社交與文化生活的多樣性?

《地方创生与维护- 华埠的人、地方和文化表征》

纽约华埠的地方营造方案早已提倡修建一座雕塑拱门。然而这种被發明的傳統能否反映出华埠如今的社交与文化生活的多样性?

What's in a Gateway?

Plans for Chinatown placemaking have long called for a sculptural archway. Can this invented tradition reflect the diversity of social and cultural life in Chinatown today?

The Green Shift

Two High School Activists

With school buildings ill-equipped to face the climate crisis, students advocate for retrofits and greener, healthier buildings.