TOPIC
Pollution
The Future of Infrastructure and Place
What is the path forward to contend with historic and contemporary harms of urban highways across the country, and to honor the needs and desires of contemporary residents? Insights from a conversation on the Cross Bronx, the BQE, and the road to more just transportation infrastructures.
From Creek to Fountain
Polluted and repressed, the buried streams of Flushing Creek will once again see the light of day.
Funeral for Fish
At one of the country’s largest food distribution hubs, a logistical choreography keeps our fish fresh.
A Question About Tomorrow
As goes Ravenswood, so goes New York’s energy future. So what will it take to bring a just transition to the city’s largest power plant?
A Century of Cross Bronx Developments
Who built the Cross Bronx? In the history of an ambivalent icon, the answer is as complicated as the highway interchanges.
Criticism as an Act of Love
Hyperlocal settings frame larger phenomena including stormwater management, the politics of place names, ersatz infrastructure, the tyranny of private property, and other signs of the never-ending change that characterizes the city.
Long Island is Bugging Me
A disquisition into the urban/suburban and human/insect divides, and how people might come together when their surroundings are planned to keep them apart.
Everybody Should Be Honored
A rare combination of collective art project, community celebration, and environmental protest, the Hunts Point Fish Parade honors residents of the Bronx neighborhood and mobilizes them in the fight for its future.
Road Warrior
In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.
Eyes on the Streets
A neighborhood advocate marshals data and organizes neighbors to make congested Midtown streets safe for pedestrians.