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.

In Berlin’s city center, an activist-led redevelopment scheme is setting a bold example for rescuing financially valuable public land from privatization and gentrification.

With origins in a massive underground oil spill, the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is seeding future generations of neighborhood activists.

In environmental justice communities, knowledge about air pollution hotspots comes from the ground up. Shouldn't remedies start there too?