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Recap | TransportationCamp

This weekend marked the convergence of transit gurus, software developers, and private and public service experts for the inaugural TransportationCamp, a weekend-long "unconference" aimed to unite transit professionals.

Recap | The High Line: Model for a City or Not?

A panel of four influential people gathered to discuss whether the High Line should be considered an exemplary or replicable model for future New York City Parks.

Recap | The Future Waterfront: MWA Conference 2010

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance convened a diverse array of organizations and individuals to attempt to answer questions about the elusive idea of a collective vision for the New York-New Jersey Harbor.

Recap | Design a city for culture or let culture design a city?

When searching the web for dictionary definitions of "cultural district," amid academic articles and policy papers, Wikipedia's is actually the most concise: “a well-recognized, labeled, mixed-use area of a settlement in which a high concentration of cultural facilities serves as the anchor of attraction.” Cultural districts can be found...

Recap | Paul Rudolph’s Lower Manhattan Expressway

Into an atmosphere of Moses disfavor and a nascent, outspoken preservation movement entered modernist Paul Rudolph. It is through his drawings that the Lower Manhattan Expressway has come to life. An exhibit at Cooper Union, organized by the Drawing Center, provides a much-needed reminder of Rudolph’s breadth of vision for Lower Manhattan.

Recap | You Are Here --> Mapping the Psychogeography of New York City

You Are Here Mapping the Psychogeography of New York City, an exhibit now on view at the Pratt Institute's Manhattan Gallery, is guest curated by Katharine Harmon, owner of Tributary Books in Seattle and author of the cartography-inclined books Map as Art (2009) and You...

Recap | Red Hook Food Vendors at the Queens Museum of Art

An exhibition celebrating the Red Hook Food Vendors opened at the Queens Museum of Art, which showcases the spirit and liveliness so often associated with the Vendors.

Recap | Amplify: Creative and Sustainable Lifestyles on the Lower East Side

Amplify is an exhibition that documents how the Lower East Side is undergoing a process of evolution and reinvention – especially its community gardens.

Recap | Sirens Taken for Wonders

A nocturnal urban hunt, an aural field trip through New York City, listening for the sounds of sirens and what they signify.

Recap | Arrested Development