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Affordable Housing
The Big Squeeze: Illustrating Micro-Unit Housing
Center for Urban Pedagogy teaching artist Chat Travieso works with high school students in Bushwick to simplify and illustrate the complexities of micro-unit housing.
Typecast
Typecast is a long-term Architectural League study into architectural typologies that begins with a closer look at five "towers-in-the-park," one in each borough of New York City.
Portfolio: Co-op City
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, Amani Willett photographs Co-op City in the Bronx.
Portfolio: Sea Rise and Sea Park East
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, David Lang photographs Sea Rise in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Portfolio: Todt Hill Houses
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, Ben Stechschulte photographs the Todt Hill Houses in Castleton Corners, Staten Island.
Portfolio: Electchester
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, Cameron Blaylock photographs Electchester in Pomonok, Queens.
Portfolio: Alfred E. Smith and Vladeck Houses
As part of Typecast, an investigation into five "towers-in-the-park" across New York City, Anna Beeke photographs the Alfred E. Smith Houses and Vladeck Houses in Two Bridges, Manhattan.
Restoring Pride of Place: A Conversation with Nancy Biberman
The founder and president of the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) talks about the difference between building structures and building communities, the musical legacy of the Bronx, and how the persistence of memory affects neighborhood growth.
Vacant Lots: Then and Now
In 1987, the League launched a design study to examine the potential of small-scale infill housing to contribute to the city’s affordable housing portfolio. We look back at what was proposed, and what was built instead.
Self-Help Housing: The Story of the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Andy Reicher shares the history of UHAB, chronicling its evolution through 40 years of helping renters become owners.