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Planning

Why Aren't All Playgrounds For All Children?

Forty years after its inauguration, there is still much to learn from a mold-breaking NYC playground that provided space for disabled kids to play alongside their non-disabled peers.

Watch This Space

Over two decades of twists and turns and promises unmet, one journalist has been keeping a close eye on the saga of Atlantic Yards.

People Movers

Road Warrior

In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.

A Bigger Picture

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

Where Can the Public Bathrooms Go in New York City?

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.

Building Worlds In-Between

Navigating multiple identities, homes, and professional cultures, where can Black urbanists locate an authentic, creative practice?

God's Garage

It's complicated inside New York City's 99 cent stores, where creativity and exploitation coexist.

Turning the Tide

Where can queer and trans community flourish, if not at Riis Beach? Yet current plans for its future don't account for the people it has sustained for decades.

Well-Placed

Minding the Gaps

Historic injustice and the traumas of the pandemic have had profound impacts on New Yorkers' mental health. What kind of spaces and policies can support wellbeing where it's hardest to find?

Getting to Yes

Facing both urgent land use challenges and growing skepticism of public processes, a new unit for community planning is finding creative ways to engage people in shaping their neighborhoods and the city as a whole.