A half-century of experiments in private sector solutions to urban problems has brought mixed results and exacerbated inequality. How did we get here?

A harm reduction collective works to meet people who use drugs "where they're at," not just metaphorically, but geographically.

An ambitious new opera plumbs the humanity and contemporary relevance of two mythic figures of New York City: Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses.

Banned from residences for more than half a century, lead paint still poisons thousands of children a year in New York City. Who is responsible for ensuring healthy homes for all?

A new guidebook locates residents’ struggles to make and remake New York City in the image of their own needs and desires.

Vito Battista’s journey from public architecture to right-wing politics is an echo of New York’s own cyclical, reactionary tides — and a reminder of how closely the city's politics are tied to the fate of its urban fabric.

After a historic oil spill and an unprecedented financial settlement, a Brooklyn community oversees its ecological repair.

In Western Queens, activists see a waterfront warehouse as an opportunity to broaden the horizons of a community's control over its own future.

Organizers in Flatbush are fighting for the preservation of an African burial ground — to honor the dead, and protect a living community's future.