TOPIC
Remediation
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.
Unsettled Ground
The city’s construction projects don’t just rise skyward. They dig downward, displacing massive amounts of material whose journey in and out of the city few ever see.
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?
Networked Nursery
Preserving and propagating the city's autochthonous flora, Staten Island's Greenbelt Native Plant Center is at the center of an unseen infrastructure of ecological restoration and climate adaptation.
Road Warrior
In the Bronx, a parks steward and activist takes on the campaign of a lifetime.
Building Out of a Tight Spot
An architect faces New York City's housing crisis and climate crisis, one building at a time.
Extra Terrestrial
From Freshkills Park's photographer-in-residence, portraits of another world in formation
A Resilience Workshop
A long-term, community-based project brings critical knowledge about risks of contamination and engages local industries as partners in preparedness in the wake of Sandy. But extreme weather is not the only threat to vulnerable businesses.